#0577 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Wigeon

🇳🇱 Smient ·Mareca penelope

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Eurasian wigeon , also known as widgeon ( Mareca penelope ) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Mareca . It is common and widespread within its Palearcticrange.

base stats

NL sightings 1,537iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 50,429iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 1,537 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the birds in NL.
50,429 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).