Alternative Titles: Aythya affinis, little bluebill
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classification and description
...they can be lured with decoys so easily. Scaups, or bluebills, are smaller than mallards. In the greater scaup ( A. marila), a white stripe extends nearly to the wing tip; in the lesser scaup ( A. affinis), the wing stripe is about half as long. Scaups gather in huge flocks offshore in winter and dive for shellfish (hence scaup, from scallop).
...any of three species of diving ducks (family Anatidae). The greater scaup ( A. ma rila), also called the big bluebill, breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup ( A. affinis), a New World species also known as the little bluebill, breeds across the northwest quadrant of North America. In the New World both species winter along the coasts...