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The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, [3] 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 .
The greater prairie-chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, [2] is a large bird in the grouse family. This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss . [ 2 ]
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The heads are strongly coloured in the males, orange-red in some species, and black with a green to purple sheen (structural colour) in good light; the sheen colour varies with both species and angle of light incidence – in for example greater scaup, the head has a green sheen in direct light, but a purple sheen when backlit. In females, the ...
When male turkeys inseminated female chickens, no hybrids resulted; however, the unfertilised chicken eggs began to divide. According to Olsen, [20] turkey-chicken crosses produced all males. A supposed turkey × pheasant hybrid was reported by Edwards in 1761. [22] A hybrid between a turkey and Ocellated turkey was reported in 1956. [23]
Scaup is the common name for three species of diving duck: Greater scaup, or just "scaup", Aythya marila; Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis;
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