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Definition of Aythya affinis
1. Noun. Common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads.
Generic synonyms: Bluebill, Broadbill, Scaup, Scaup Duck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aythya Affinis
Literary usage of Aythya affinis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"South in winter to Guatemala. 149. Aythya affinis (Err.). Lesser Scaup Duck.
Fuligula affinis EYT. Mon. Anat. 1838, 157. Aythya affinis STEJN. Orn. Expi. ..."
2. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"STATUS—Fairly common winter visitant on salt and brackish water coastwise: south
to San Diego Bay. • (149) Aythya affinis (Eyton) Stejneger. ..."
3. The Wilson Bulletin by Wilson Ornithological Club, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (1904)
"29. Aythya vallisneria. Canvas-back. Abundant in winter and tame. 30. Aythya marita.
Scaup Duck. Not very common. 31. Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. ..."
4. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"American Scaup Duck. Blue-bill or Blackhead. Throughout North America; breeds
north of United States. 106 (149) Aythya affinis. (Err.) Lesser Scaup Duck. ..."
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