Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusAythya (Scaups, Pochards, and Allies)
- SpeciesAythya marila (Greater Scaup)
Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords National Park
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
American White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Scaup in Kenai Fjords National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Greater Scaup sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Scaup in Kenai Fjords National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Greater Scaup in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.