Utah Bird Profile
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria

Name Roots: (Gr. aythya, "a kind of waterbird" - Vallisneria americana, "water celery" [its food] from Antonio Vallisneri)

In Utah:   
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:
Habitat:

by Margaret T. Sanchez

Other Photos - ID / Song

How to find:  

|   USGS Profile  (Geological Survey)    |   US Winter Range Map   |     US Summer Range Map   |
  

Occurrence:

(See Legend)

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