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Scaup or Tufted duck ? (North of Sweden) (1 Viewer)

Agree with bitterntwisted here, although with the second one I would probably go for Scaup (judging by head shape, bill thickness and structure etc). Hard to discern from the photo.
 
ok, so the first pic= Scaup and pic1 of the two latest = Tuftie and pic 2 Scaup ?

I would agree to that.

//Ben
 
Andrew Whitehouse said:
Tufted Duck can show this much white. I agree with the others on these pictures.

Tufted Duck can show a remarkable amount of white. I have seen one Tufted Duck this year, next to Scaup, clearly showing more white than the Scaup. This is unusual, but possible. What seems to me to be consistent in the shape of the white in a Scaup - which appears from the side to be a clean line or "slice". I don't know if others see this as a useful characteristic?

Graham
 
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