#0821 · 🐦 birds

American Wigeon

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Smient ·Mareca americana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 18iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 83,227iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).