Summary[edit] 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. Date: 8 June 2011, 15:29. Source: New Zealand scaup. (Aythya novaeseelandiae). Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 35.79″ S, 172° 36′ 59.01″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.459943; 172.616393.
Summary[edit] Description: The New Zealand scaup commonly known as a black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. Date: 4 August 2014, 13:09. Source: Scaup on blue water.. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location44° 17′ 25.34″ S, 170° 05′ 05.42″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-44.290373; 170.084838.
Description: New Zealand Scaup (female) with chicks. Date: 11 March 2013, 21:51. Source: DSC_7717 Uploaded by AlbertHerring. Author: Brian Ralphs from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK.
New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) commonly known as a Black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. In Maori commonly known as papango, also matapouri, titiporangi, raipo. Zealandia, formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, where the biodiversity of 225 ha of forest is being restored.
Summary[edit] 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. Date: 29 January 2016, 13:24. Source: New Zealand scaup. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location45° 01′ 58.53″ S, 168° 39′ 35.87″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-45.032925; 168.659963.
Summary[edit] Description: The New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) commonly known as a Black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus. Date: 10 May 2008, 14:09. Source: Scaup. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 36.08″ S, 172° 36′ 58.86″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.460021; 172.616350.
Description: New Zealand Scaup (female) with chicks. Date: 11 March 2013, 21:51. Source: DSC_7715 Uploaded by AlbertHerring. Author: Brian Ralphs from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK.
Summary[edit] Description: Scaup is the most common of the small New Zealand ducks and is still found in many parts of the country, although its numbers have been greatly reduced compared with earlier days and in spite of hydro lakes offering additional habitat. They are diving ducks which have come to prefer large bodies of clean water. They can dive to a depth of 2–3 metres in search of fresh water snails and aquatic plants. Date: 8 June 2011, 15:29. Source: Scaup NZ Duck.. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 07.59″ S, 172° 36′ 19.85″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.452108; 172.605514.
Summary[edit] Description: The New Zealand scaup or pāpango is a short, round diving duck. The male is glossy dark brown and black with yellow eyes. The female is dark brown and often has a vertical white band at the base of the bill. They tend to avoid danger by diving rather than by flying. Date: 4 July 2014, 15:04. Source: New Zealand Scaup.(Aythya novaeseelandiae). Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location45° 01′ 57.87″ S, 168° 39′ 35.48″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-45.032743; 168.659856.
Summary[edit] Description: English: New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. Date: 5 November 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/).
Summary[edit] Description: The New Zealand Scaup which is also known as Black Teal or Papango is a blackish diving duck which is endemic to New Zealand. It is the most common of our diving ducks with a widespread and sparsely scattered population that numbers about 20,000. Although the population dropped quite markedly with the arrival of Europeans, NZ Scaup numbers have been on the rise again since being given full protection in 1934. New Zealand Scaup are mostly seen in large bodies of clean water such as deep lakes, high country tarns and hydroelectric lakes in central or sub alpine locations away from the coast, but there are a few breeding on lakes and lagoons on the West Coast. Those around Okarito are seen in the upper lagoon and river delta area. Date: 8 June 2011, 15:25. Source: NZ Scaup/Black Teal ( Aythya novaeseelandiae). Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 36.47″ S, 172° 36′ 58.59″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.460130; 172.616275.
Summary[edit] Description: The New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) commonly known as a black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. In Maori commonly known as papango, also matapouri, titiporangi, raipo. Date: 9 June 2008, 14:50. Source: Scaup NZ. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 35.74″ S, 172° 36′ 56.2″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.459928; 172.615610.
Summary[edit] 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. Date: 8 June 2011, 15:23. Source: Scaup. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 35.96″ S, 172° 36′ 56.7″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.459990; 172.615749.