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| Description | New Zealand scaup are quite unlike any other resident duck species. Dark and squat with a rounded profile, they often occur in large flocks, floating with cork-like buoyancy. Scaup are diving ducks and spend a lot of time underwater, where they can travel considerable distances. Both sexes are dark-plumaged, but are easily distinguished. The male has dark black-brown plumage with iridescent blue-green head and wings, and lighter mottling on the chest and underparts. His iris is yellow and bill blue-grey. The female is a duller chocolate brown, paler on her underparts. Her iris is brown and bill grey, normally with a ring of white feathers at the base. Juvenile resemble females until 12 weeks-old when the male iris colour becomes yellow. In flight, all birds have a broad white upper-wing bar and pale white underwing. Scaup have a fast wing beat and often fly just above the water. They sometimes rest on land, but quickly retreat to water when disturbed. |
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| Author | Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/24056506134 (archive). It was reviewed on 22 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero. |
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