Wigeon
Earlier this month following exceptionally low temperatures remarkable numbers of wigeon assembled on a single marsh in the Yare Valley near Claxton.
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
The male Wigeon has a chestnut brown head and a creamy-yellow forehead and crown as in the first photo while the female in the second photo is a dull brown colour with a bluish bill with black tip.
Wigeon, Widgeon, European Wigeon, European Widgeon
Bird Family :
Anatini - Typical ducks ...
Wigeons are known to let other ducks gather food for them then steal it! They also tend to follow other migrating ducks in order to get food!
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Wigeons are diving ducks, not dabbling ducks, and will completely submerge themselves to chase food.
Wigeons are among the earliest arrivals in late March, and leave in September and October. They are one of the dabblers most likely to overwinter in small numbers on unfrozen stretches of the Bow River and elsewhere.
Wigeon female
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Chiloë Wigeon
Anas sibilatrix
Local Name: Wigeon
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands and South America
Length: 50cm
Falklands Population: ~1,000 breeding pairs
World Population: unknown ...
Chiloe wigeons are small ducks. Males have white wing patches, white cheeks and forehead and a metallic green head. The breast is barred white and black and sides are orange-brown. The back is dark gray with white streaks.
American Wigeon
Anas americana
The American Wigeon (Anas americana) is widespread in North America, generally breeding across Canada and the northern half of the United States and wintering in the southern U.S. and Mexico.
Eurasian Wigeon: Large dabbling duck with gray back and finely speckled gray flanks. Head is dark rufous-brown with buff crown and forehead; breast, neck and upper back are pale rufous brown and belly is white. Bill is blue-gray with black tip.
American Wigeon (Female), Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ladner, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
American Wigeon (Female), Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ladner, British Columbia ...
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
No photo of the American Wigeon available.
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
also known as the Baldpate
Species Code: ANAAM ...
Eurasian Wigeon
Scientific name: Anas penelope
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes ...
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope Linnaeus
Status Rare vagrant. Downs (1888) stated merely that it was "rare," but Piers (1915) discounted this vague reference and concluded that a bird on 9 January 1912, near Yarmouth, was a first record.
American Wigeon
Photo obtained from USFWS Digital Library System
SCIENTIFIC NAME: American Wigeon (Anas americana) male.
Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
Identification Tips:
Length: 13.5 inches Wingspan: 32 inches
Large dabbling duck
Blue bill with black nail
White secondary coverts (grayer in females) and green speculum
Gray axillars
White belly ...
American Wigeons
Auckland Islands Teal (Anas aucklandica)
Australian Spotteds ...
Song: American Wigeon song
Migration: Summers throughout most of Canada, Alaska, and the northern third of the United States. Winters along the North American coasts, the southern third of the United States, and points south. ...
Diet The American Wigeon is a dabbling duck, it feeds on plant matter on or just below the surface of the water. It eats the seeds, stems and leafy parts of aquatic plants.
This unusual male wigeon was photographed at North Pond, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, on 10/17/03. Is this an aberration or could it be a hybrid? Compare with a normal male American Wigeon, below.
North Carolina Bird Photos ...
American Wigeon
(Anas americana)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a common (but in small numbers) migrant.
Wigeon, American aka Baldpate Anas americana Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1, 5, 6) Dick Daniels at Sylvan Heights 2, 7) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 3) Don Enright 4) Jim Nelson
8) Alan D Wilson at Santee Lakes Recreational ...
The Wigeon or Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope, previously Mareca penelope) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is common and widespread within its range.
American Wigeon
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Eurasian Wigeon
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Bronze Wigeon
The American Wigeon (Anas americana) is a common dabbler in our area, often seen at the edges of a pond or grazing in nearby vegetation.
American Wigeon Anas americana: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan
American Black Duck Anas rubripes: Coindre Hall, Huntington, NY, 07 Jan ...
Some foods include cordgrass (Spartina spp.), saltgrass (Distichlis spp.), pondweed (Potamogeton spp.), wigeon grass (Ruppia spp.), bulrush, sedge, cattail, glasswort (Salicornia spp.), spikerush (Eleocharis spp.), ...
American Wigeon - 26 in three flocks.
American Black Duck - 57
Northern Pintail - 2
Green-winged Teal - 2
Greater Scaup - 149. My largest coastal flight of scaup. One flock of
44 birds, but mostly small groups of 2 to 20 birds. There certainly ...
Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope
American Wigeon, Anas americana
Falcated Duck, Anas falcata
Gadwall, Anas strepera
Baikal Teal, Anas formosa
Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis
Common Teal, Anas crecca
Cape Teal, Anas capensis ...
Anas penelope - Eurasian Wigeon
Anas americana - American Wigeon
Anas strepera - Gadwall
Anas crecca - Green-winged Teal
Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard (in Birds of NWO)
Anas acuta - Northern Pintail
Anas discors - Blue-winged Teal ...
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) ...
Cape Teal (also known as Cape Wigeons) are small, attractive ducks that are a pale, mottled gray throughout, with distinctive pink bills and reddish eyes. The speculum is green and black, and is bordered broadly with white in front and behind.
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) ...
A visit to the Chincoteague Fish and Wildlife Refuge, can reveal an array of waterfowl including pintail, gadwall, merganser, wigeon, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, Canada and snow geese.
American black ducks are common and wood ducks, pintails, gadwalls, wigeons, hooded mergansers are seen.
conditions, may represent half of all Redhead eggs in a given area, and can seriously damage the breeding success of the host. Redheads often parasitize Canvasback nests, but also lay eggs in the nests of Gadwalls, Northern Pintails, American Wigeons, ...
 See also: Duck, American Wigeon, Mallard, Gadwall, Teal
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