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American Wigeon
Anas americana

Medium-sized duck
Male with white crown
Green face patch
Large white patch in wings
Black rear end bordered by white
Size: 17-23 in
Wingspan: 33 in
Weight: 19-47 ounces

Male brightly patterned with white flanks and white crown stripe
Female dull gray and rusty brown.

Syllables: A-mer-i-can Wig-eon
Pronunciation: E meh rih kEn wI jEn



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The American Wigeon
(sometimes spelled Widgeon) or Baldpate (Anas americana) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northernmost areas of North America: in Canada in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories and the Great Lakes. It is the New World counterpart of the European Wigeon.

This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range as south as in Texas and Louisiana coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe. It is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks.

The breeding male has pinkish flanks and breast back, with a black rear end and a brilliant white speculum, obvious in flight or at rest. It has a grayish head with a green eye patch and a whitish crown stripe. It is 18-23" long.

The females are light brown, with plumage much like a female Mallard. They can be distinguished from most ducks, apart from European Wigeon on shape. However, that species has a darker head and all gray under wing.

In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage, the drake looks more like the female.

It is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing, which it does very readily. It nests on the ground, near water and under cover. It lays 6-12 creamy white eggs.

This is a noisy species. The male has a clear whistle in three syllables: whoee-whoe-whoe, whereas the female has a low growl qua-ack.

Categories: Anas | Wigeons

American Wigeon

Scientific classification

         Kingdom: Animalia
         Phylum:   Chordata
         Class:   Aves
         Order:   Anseriformes
         Family:   Anatidae
         Genus:   Anas
         Species:   A. americana

Binomial name
Anas americana Gmelin