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.
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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 22 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 56 sec 4.5 -
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 16 weeks ago 19 sec 4 -
A pair swimming Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 7 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A group in a wintering area Locality Uitkerke, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Pascal Vagner 19 February 2011 2 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A group of birds feeding on the water on a beach. Locality Yatsushiro Port, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 January 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
a group foraging in the grass Locality Gelderland Province, Netherlands
Wout van den Brink 4 April 2013 6 weeks ago 13 sec 3.7 -
A male walking over the ice, among a group of Mallards. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A pair swimming Locality Playa de Lago, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Javier Ortas 21 November 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a pond. Locality Orange County, California, USA (United States)
Paul Clarke 12 January 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3.6 -
A male bird in eclipse plumage. Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 30 September 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3.5 -
A female swimming next to a group of Whooper Swans. Locality Lake Kussharo, Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 3.4 -
A group of Eurasian Wigeons, later a male bird swimming and flaping his wings. Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 8 October 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 3.4 -
a few birds swimming Locality Rotte River, Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 7 March 2012 1 year ago 1 min 19 sec 3.3 -
A bird foraging Locality Ostensjovannet, Oslo, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 23 October 2005 2 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
A group feeding in the grass Locality Cley, Norfolk, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 28 October 2006 6 years ago 27 sec 3.3 -
A male swimming Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
Several birds feeding on a water drainage. Locality Hitotsuse-gawa, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 3.2 -
A female feeding on the grass Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 7 years ago 22 sec 3.2 -
A male swimming and calling Locality Wigeon House, Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 3.2 -
A male swimming Locality St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
mattdavis 24 March 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 3 -
three birds on a pole, two males just started to non-breeding plumage. Locality Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 5 November 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 3 -
Two males and a female swimming. Locality Yatsushiro Port, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 January 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3 -
A male swimming quietly. Locality Yatsushiro Port, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 January 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3 -
A group of males and females swimming. Locality Katano Kamoike Bird Sanctuary, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3 -
A pair swimming on the water and feeding.(Het Zwin) Locality Knokke, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 7 April 2010 3 years ago 25 sec 3 -
some birds feeding on grass Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 21 March 2003 3 years ago 18 sec 3 -
a male swimming Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 17 October 2003 3 years ago 13 sec 3 -
A male standing on the grass, looking around Locality Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 3 -
A male among some American Wigeons Locality Newport, Mendocino County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 10 November 2001 5 years ago 30 sec 2.9 -
A pair swimming among cranes and other waterfowl. Locality El Cañizar Lagoon, Teruel, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 5 March 2011 1 year ago 1 min 2.7 -
Male & female walk over wet grass, the male stops to preen & feed on grass Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Joe Angseesing 16 February 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 2.7 -
A female swimming Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 2.6 -
Two males swimming, then resting Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 7 years ago 30 sec 2.6 -
Several birds feeding on grass Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Christian Dortu 31 October 2003 7 years ago 24 sec 2.1 -
A drake Locality Hedmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 13 June 2009 2 years ago 9 sec 2 -
Three males, one female, one male flapping its wings Locality Hedmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 13 June 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 2 -
Male aggressively chasing other ducks Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Joe Angseesing 3 February 2006 4 years ago 10 sec 2 -
A pair with chicks swimming on a pond Locality Norilsk, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 24 July 2008 4 years ago 34 sec 1.5
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