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The American wigeon 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. While on the water, wigeons often gather with feeding coots and divers and are known to grab pieces of vegetation brought to the surface by diving ...
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%).
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]
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Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa; Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A) Northern pintail, Anas acuta; Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A) Redhead, Aythya americana; Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula; Greater scaup ...
Eurasian Wigeon, Mareca penelope (A) American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; American black duck, Anas rubripes (A) Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula (A) White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis; Northern pintail, Anas acuta (A) Green-winged teal, Anas carolinensis (A) Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A) Redhead, Aythya ...
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Canada goose American wigeon. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans.These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.