American wigeon
anas americana latin

The American Wigeon is a noisy species, and in the field can often be identified by their distinctive calls.

The female is light brown, with plumage much like a female American Wigeon.

It can be distinguished from most other ducks, apart from American Wigeon, on shape.

The American Wigeon is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks.

An American Wigeon x Mallard hybrid has also been recorded.

Primary upland nesting species include the mallard, pintail, gadwall, and American wigeon.

It is the Old World counterpart of North America's American Wigeon.

Widgeon is an alternative, though archaic, spelling; the American Wigeon has in the past been known as the Baldpate.

The American Wigeon is a medium-sized bird; it is larger than a teal, but smaller than a pintail.

The most common species include mallard ducks and northern pintail ducks, green-winged teal and american wigeon.

They will join with flocks of the American Wigeon in the United States, and they also hybridize with them.

The Baer's Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, and American Wigeon have also been recorded.

Some less numerous migrants are pintail, green-winged teal, American wigeon, scaup, bufflehead, golden-eye, ring-necked ducks, and black ducks.

It is a very good place to spot accidental visitors from America, such as the American Wigeon, and from Europe, such as the Black Tern.

The otters have also been known to catch and consume moulting American wigeon (Mareca americana) and green-winged teal (Anas crecca).

Other common waterfowl include western Canada geese, mallards, northern pintails, gadwalls, green-winged teal, northern shovelers, canvasbacks, ring-necked ducks, and American wigeon.

The Great Blue Heron, Tundra Swan, Canada Goose and American Wigeon are species of waterfowl more commonly encountered in the park.

AMERICAN WIGEON Anas americana.

The American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, (Anas americana) is a species of dabbling duck found in North America.

Mallards, American wigeon, gadwall, northern shoveler, teal, scaup, and ring-necked ducks traveling through the Mississippi Flyway stop by Hillside National Wildlife Refuge each winter.

The American Wigeon is often the fifth most commonly harvested duck in the United States, behind the Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, and Wood Duck.

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.

In winter, more than 100,000 snow geese, Canada geese, pintail, northern shoveler, teal, gadwall, American wigeon, mottled ducks, and Sandhill cranes fill the numerous ponds and sloughs to capacity.

Some of the common species of birds reported are cattle egret, great egret, snowy egret American black duck, ring-necked duck, American wigeon, Eurasian teal and blue-winged teal.

The salt and freshwater marshes give refuge to migrating waterfowl and resident wading birds, such as Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon and pelicans.

AMERICAN WIGEON Anas americana.

The American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, (Anas americana) is a species of dabbling duck found in North America.