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The Eurasian wigeon was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under the binomial name Anas penelope. [2] [3] Anas is the Latin word for "duck", and penelope refers to a duck that was supposed to have rescued Penelope when she was thrown into the sea.
Mareca is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the wigeons.. The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Anas.A molecular phylogentic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2009 found that the genus Anas, as then defined, was not monophyletic. [1]
Fish of the Solomon Islands (5 P) Pages in category "Fish of Oceania" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The American wigeon was formerly called the baldpate by ornithologists, and some people still use that name, especially hunters. The diet of the wigeon consists mainly of grass leaves (~80%), other food types eaten are seeds (~10%) and roots and stems (~5%).
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ... Eurasian wigeon; W. Wigeon This page was last edited on 1 August 2011, at 11:10 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Eurasian wigeon: Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758) 90 Chiloe wigeon: Mareca sibilatrix (Poeppig, 1829) 91 American wigeon: Mareca americana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 92 Amsterdam wigeon: Mareca marecula (Olson & Jouventin, 1996) (E) 93 African black duck: Anas sparsa Eyton, 1838: 94 Yellow-billed duck: Anas undulata Dubois, CF, 1838: 95 Meller's duck ...
Fish dishes in the Faroe Islands are caught in the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Fresh fish can be had all year round. Fresh fish can be had all year round. Islanders eat mostly haddock , plaice , halibut , herring , and shrimp .
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guam. The avifauna of Guam includes a total of 146 species as of August 2021, according to Bird Checklists of the World . [ 1 ] Of them, eight have been introduced by humans and 32 are rare or accidental . 3 species are endemic , of which one is extinct and two are extinct in the wild though their ...