---
title: "Grote tafeleend"
description: "Aythya valisineria — Vogels. The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/canvasback
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote tafeleend

> Aythya valisineria — Vogels. The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Aythya valisineria*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 21802
- Wikidata: [Q378533](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378533)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7057](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7057)

## Names

- en: Canvasback
- de: Riesentafelente
- es: Pato coacoxtle
- fr: Fuligule à dos blanc
- nl: Grote tafeleend
- pt: Zarro-grande
- pl: Głowienka długodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

US (15600), CA (4424), MX (692), GB (10), JP (9), KR (9), NL (6), BM (4)

## Summary

The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvasback

## Photo

![Grote tafeleend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/canvasback/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106821524

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/canvasback?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).