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Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

The Eurasian wigeon or European wigeon (Mareca penelope), also known as the widgeon or wigeon, is one of three extant species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is common and widespread within its Palearctic range. Taxonomy The Eurasian wigeon was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under the binomial name Anas penelope.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 207,224United Kingdom · 188,042Germany · 27,072Spain · 25,774France · 15,688Belgium · 7,269Italy · 5,224Switzerland · 2,696Luxembourg · 67