Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) - HBW 1, p. 601
French: Canard siffleur
German: Pfeifente
Spanish: Silbón Europeo
Other common names: Wigeon, European Wigeon
Taxonomy: Anas Penelope Linnaeus, 1758, coasts and swamps of Europe.
Forms superspecies with A. americana and A. sibilatrix; sometimes placed in genus Mareca. Monotypic.
Distribution: Iceland, N Europe, N Asia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A closeup from male bird swimming. Locality Spijkenisse, South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 26 sec 4.7 -
Male and female swimming together. Locality Spijkenisse, South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2013 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 56 sec 4.6 -
Pair swimming Locality Hornborga Lake, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Per Johan 16 April 2007 2 years ago 1 min 37 sec 4.4 -
Drakes and ducks feed in longish grass Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Desmond Allen 30 November 2008 20 weeks ago 25 sec 4.4 -
a group foraging in the grass Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Wout van den Brink 29 October 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.4 -
Group of Male and Females calling Locality Cley, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Kim Tarsey 17 weeks ago 19 sec 4
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Female
Locality Texel, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 15 October 2008 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
a male
Locality Racconigi, Piedmont Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 20 October 2012 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
A male
Locality Molentargius Natural Park, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 1 January 2002 2 years ago 4.2 -
Adult male in full breeding plumage
Locality Uitkerke, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 22 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
In a Pivot field far from any water
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 25 November 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
An adult male on a water.
Locality Arundel, West Sussex, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 15 November 2008 15 weeks ago 4
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Calls of drakes. Locality Rainham, Essex, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 8 January 2009 4 years ago 4 -
large group at the lake in Amsterdam Locality Sloterplas, Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
SoNaR 9 January 2009 4 years ago 3.5 -
Calls of male, short whistles Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 3 years ago 3 -
Calls of a single drake Locality Rainham, Essex, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 8 January 2009 3 years ago 3 -
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A male whistling twice , background Greylag goose, European Robin, Mallard Locality Bygdoy, Oslo & Akershus, Norway
(Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 12 April 2010 12 weeks ago 0
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