Scientific Name: Aythya affinis
Abundance | |||
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Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
R | R |
Field Notes
- Small, compact diving duck.
- Male:
- Head is peaked and is dark purplish.
- Black chest and tail.
- White sides and bold stripe on secondaries.
- Yellow eyes.
- Blue bill.
- Dark wing with dark tipped white secondaries and pale gray primaries.
- Immature female similar to adult female.