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American Wigeon female American wigeon,Anas americana,Canada,George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary,Geotagged,Mareca americana Click/tap to enlarge

American Wigeon female

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    A beautiful series, morpheme, thanks for documenting them so well! Posted 10 years ago
  2. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Based on the published phylogeny, the genus Anas was split into four monophyletic genera with five extant species moved into the resurrected genus Mareca.
    One of them is A.americana.     Posted 6 years ago

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The American wigeon

The American wigeon , 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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Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Dec 17, 2014. Captured Dec 16, 2014 10:24 in 5191 Robertson Road, Delta, BC V4K 3N2, Canada.
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  • X-E1
  • f/4.8
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.