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Lesser Scaup - (Aythya affinis) 

Identification

  • A diving duck which may occur in large
             flocks or “rafts”
  • Males: Dull purple head, greyish back, white sides, black breast, tail, neck and shoulders with a bluish bill
  • Female: mostly brown, white patches at base of bill.
  • 17” (40 cm) 

Habitat

  • Marshes, ponds,

Additional Information

  • Regular migrant through KVR

Female Lesser Scaup in water

Male Lesser Scaup on the water

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hoocąk Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hoocąk and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Road 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960

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