#0890 · 🐦 birds
Canvasback
🇳🇱 Grote Tafeleend ·Aythya valisineria
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what is it?
The canvasback ( Aythya valisineria ) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 21,899 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Alexander Wilson in 1814 (212 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Canvasback
- Nederlands
- Grote Tafeleend
- scientific name
- Aythya valisineria
- class
- Aves
- order
- Anseriformes
- family
- Anatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 16
- sightings worldwide
- 21,899
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,626
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1814 by Alexander Wilson
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Cygnus olor
LC 👀 3.9k in NL
#0545 📷 8Tufted Duck
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LC 👀 3.6k in NL
#0555 📷 10Gadwall
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LC 👀 2.5k in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 7057, Wikidata Q378533, GBIF 2498256, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.