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The American wigeon (Mareca americana), also known as the baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck found in North America. Formerly assigned to Anas, this species is classified with the other wigeons in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian wigeon.
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%).
American wigeon; C. Chiloé wigeon; E. Eurasian wigeon; W. Wigeon This page was last edited on 1 August 2011, at 11:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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]
Anas rubripes Brewster 1902 (American black duck) LC; Anas diazi Ridgway 1886 (Mexican mallard) Anas fulvigula Ridgway 1874 (mottled duck) LC. A. f. maculosa Sennett 1889 (Gulf Coast mottled duck) A. f. fulvigula Ridgway 1874 (Florida mottled duck) Subgenus (Dafilonettion) Boetticher 1937 †Anas greeni (Brodkorb 1964) †Anas ogallalae ...
American coot. Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae. Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers.
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 ...
English: A flock of American wigeons (Mareca americana) during a courtship flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex south of Chico, Butte County, California, on December 24, 2023. Nine drakes and one hen (3rd from the left) while overwintering in the Central Valley of California.