Species Detail - Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup
NHMSYS0000530184
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
ayaff
(Eyton, 1838)
Bird
Species
58
32
23
13/02/1988
06/12/2014
1 January (recorded in 2009)
31 December (recorded in 1996)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), accessed 28 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11154