Species: Anas penelope

Eurasian Wigeon
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Anseriformes

    Family

    Anatidae

    Genus

    Anas

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Pato Silbón - canard siffleur
    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.
    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).
    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
    51
    Weight
    819
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-21
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-21
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    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
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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