LESSER SCAUP
(Aythya affinis)

 
                           
Lesser Scaup is distinguished from similar Greater Scaup by taller, narrower head and shorter, slimmer bill (see below)
 
  Lesser Scaup   Lesser Scaup - pair  
       
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Lesser Scaup
Hypoluxo, FL
December 2006 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - pair
Boca Raton , FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
  Lesser Scaup  
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Lesser Scaup - female
Hypoluxo, FL
December 2006 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL
February 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
Lesser Scaup Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup - group
Boca Raton, FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - group
Boca Raton, FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
Lesser Scaup - female   Lesser Scaup - female  
Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
Lesser Scaup - female    
Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
Lesser Scaup - female   Lesser Scaup - female  
Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
Lesser Scaup - female   Lesser Scaup - female  
Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		  Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		 
     
Side-by-side comparison of greater scaup (left) and lesser scaup (right). Note greater
scaup has noticeably rounder, and especially wider head, and noticeably broader, wider bill. 		   
Lesser Scaup - female   Lesser Scaup        
  Lesser Scaup - female
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz 		       
Lesser Scaup
Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach FL
January 2007 ©John Schwarz