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American Wigeon and Friends

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  1. 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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Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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Uploaded Feb 8, 2017. Captured Jan 27, 2017 15:30 in Unnamed Road, Willows, CA 95988, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D
  • f/22.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO640
  • 300mm
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Captured in the winter. More winter photos.