Roozbeh Gazdar
Member
Hi,
Can this be conclusively ID'd as either greater scaup of tufted duck?
From Harike wetland, Punjab, India - Dec 2017.
Apart from the rounder head and bulkier body, the almost whitish back , i feel, points to scaup (immature male)
(Tufted, IMO would have a darker back that would show a prominent contrast with the paler flanks.)
Can this be conclusively ID'd as either greater scaup of tufted duck?
From Harike wetland, Punjab, India - Dec 2017.
Apart from the rounder head and bulkier body, the almost whitish back , i feel, points to scaup (immature male)
(Tufted, IMO would have a darker back that would show a prominent contrast with the paler flanks.)