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title: "Topper"
description: "Aythya marila — Vogels. The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, \"bluebill\" in North America, is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup and tufted duck."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/greater-scaup
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Topper

> Aythya marila — Vogels. The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup and tufted duck.

- Scientific name: *Aythya marila*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 32377
- Wikidata: [Q26635](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26635)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7047](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7047)

## Names

- en: Greater Scaup
- de: Bergente
- es: Pato Boludo Mayor
- fr: Fuligule milouinan
- nl: Topper
- pt: Zarro-bastardo
- pl: Ogorzałka

## Countries with the most observations

US (14408), CA (7662), RU (1954), JP (717), GB (341), IS (308), DE (240), PL (163), FR (160), KR (143), TW (140), NL (125)

## Summary

The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup and tufted duck. It spends the summer months breeding in Iceland, east across Scandinavia, northern Russia and Siberia, Alaska, and northern Canada. During the winter, it migrates south to the coasts of Europe, eastern Asia, and North America.
Male greater scaup average slightly larger than the females but with much overlap; they have a light blue-grey bill and yellow eyes. Their heads are dark, with a green to purple (depending on light angle…

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

## Photo

![Topper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-scaup/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119594424

## Machine access

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