Aythya

Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species. The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word  (), which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.

Species
 Image  Scientific name  Common name  Distribution  Conservation status120px  A. valisineria  Canvasback  North America  least concern120px  A. ferina  Common pochard  Northern Europe into Asia vulnerable 120px  A. americana  Redhead North America, from as far north as Northern Canada to the lower United States  least concern120px  A. collaris  Ring-necked duck  Northern United States and Canada least concern120px  A. australis  Hardhead   Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific least concern120px  A. baeri  Baer's pochard  Southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India  critically endangered120px  A. nyroca  Ferruginous duck  From Iberia and the Maghreb east to western Mongolia, south to Arabia near threatened120px  A. innotata  Madagascar pochard   Madagascar  critically endangered120px  A. novaeseelandiae  New Zealand scaup   New Zealand least concern120px  A. fuligula  Tufted duck   Throughout temperate and northern Eurasia; occasional visitor to the United States and Canada least concern120px  A. marila  Greater scaup   Alaska, northern Canada, Siberia, and the northernmost reaches of Europe least concern120px  A. affinis  Lesser scaup   Alaska through western Canada to western Montana, Central America least concern

References

Category:Ducks