2. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 167;)
I tapaina te ingoa o te pāpango mō ōna huruhuru pango; whai anō tērā o ōna ingoa, ko matapōuri (Te Ara 2012). / The scaup was named for its dark plumage – as was another of its names, matapōuri (dark face).
Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, tītīpōrangi, pōkeke, kaiharopia, matapōuri
