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  • American Wigeon, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) mattbuckingham, all rights reserved

  • American Wigeon, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, all rights reserved

  • American Wigeon, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Kala Murphy King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • American Wigeon, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) silvertop41, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • American Wigeon, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Mdf, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • American Wigeon, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Jen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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American Wigeon

Mareca americana

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About

The American wigeon (Mareca americana), also called a 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. Mareca is from the Brazilian-Portuguese word Marréco for a small duck and americana refers to America.

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