Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope


Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeons, close Old World relatives of the American Wigeon, are fairly rare winter visitors to North America.


Eurasian Wigeon


Eurasian Wigeon


Eurasian Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeons
Above, a male Eurasian Wigeon with a female wigeon, probably also a Eurasian. Female Eurasian and American Wigeons are very similar, but Eurasians have a somewhat warmer head color, and lack the small black border usually seen at the gape of Americans. Below, a male hybrid American x Eurasian Wigeon joins an American Wigeon male chasing an American female. These two species readily hybridize.

Wigeons