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- Lesser Scaup
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- Lesser Scaup
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Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

Michael J. Anteau, Jean-Michel DeVink, David N. Koons, Jane E. Austin, Christine M. Custer, and Alan D. Afton
Version: 2.0 — Published November 14, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Anteau, M. J., J. DeVink, D. N. Koons, J. E. Austin, C. M. Custer, and A. D. Afton (2014). Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.338