Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaups are medium sized diving ducks. The males have finely barred, gray backs and white underparts. Their heads, necks, and breasts are black with a purple iridescence. They have blue gray bills, yellow eyes and black wings with large white patches. Female Lesser Scaups are brown overall with white bellies, white wing patches and white patches near the base of their bills. Females have brownish eyes.
Title: Lesser Scaup hen flapping her wings
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
Title: Lesser Scaup drake at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
Title: Winter drake Lesser Scaup
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2018
Title: Drake Lesser Scaup in early March
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2018
Title: Diving drake Lesser Scaup
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2018
Title: Lesser Scaup drake floating on a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2018
Title: Lesser Scaup drake
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2013