Anas penelope

Eurasian Wigeon

Flickr photo 'Vliegende smienten (Anas penelope)' by: hans zwitzer.

Flickr photo 'Ànec xiulador 01 - Ànade silbón - Eurasian wigeon - Anas PENELOPE' by: ferran pestaña.

Flickr photo 'Anas penelope (Eurasian Wigeon / Smient)' by: Bas Kers (NL).

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Species group: Birds

Found in: Salish Sea-reliant birds, Salish Sea-reliant birds, Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Craniata

Class:

Aves

Order:

Anseriformes

Family:

Anatidae

Genus:

Anas

Encyclopedia of Life

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Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100158

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Pato Silbón - canard siffleur

Synonyms:

Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl

Formal Taxonomy:

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Anas - (AOU 1983). See Livezey (1991) for a phylogenetic analysis and classification (supergenera, subgenera, infragenera, etc.) of dabbling ducks based on comparative morphology.

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description:

Description:

Habitat Type Description:

Migration:

false - false - true - Generally arrives on winter range in western contiguous U.S. in October, departs by April (Cogswell 1977). Irregular in migration in interior North America.

Non-migrant:

false

Locally Migrant:

false

Food Comments:

Eats mainly pondweeds, eelgrass, other aquatic plants, and grass. Forages in shallow water and in fields and meadows (Terres 1980, Cogswell 1977).

Phenologies:

Reproduction Comments:

Lays clutch of usually 7-10 eggs, May-June. Incubation, by female, lasts 24-25 days. Young first fly at 40-45 days. Male may reunite with female when she takes ducklings to water.

Ecology Comments:

Usually among American wigeons wintering flocks in West (Cogswell 1977).

Length:

Unit of Length:

Weight:

819

Unit of Weight:

grams

Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status:

NatureServe Global Status Rank:

Global Status Last Reviewed:

1996-11-21

Global Status Last Changed:

1996-11-21

Other Status:

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map:

Global Range:

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: in Eurasia from Iceland, British Isles, and Scandinavia east to eastern Siberia and Kamchatka, south to northern Europe, central Russia, and Transcaucasia. NON-BREEDING: in Old World from Iceland, British Isles, northern Europe, southern Russia, and Japan south to the eastern Atlantic islands, Africa, Arabia, India, Malay Peninsula, southern China, Formosa, and the Philippines. In North America on the Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska to northern Baja California and on the Atlantic-Gulf coast from Labrador and Newfoundland south to Florida and west to southern Texas. Casual in Ceylon, Borneo, Celebes, Greenland, and Hawaii (AOU 1983).

Global Range Code:

Global Range Description:

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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Anas penelope

Eurasian Wigeon

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