American Wigeon

Mareca americana - Canard à front blanc Canard d'Amérique

Canard à front blanc
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mareca

  • Species
    :

    americana

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 56 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 76 à 89 cm.
  • Weight
    : 408 à 1330 g
Longevity

19 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard à front blanc
♂ adult plum. breeding
Canard à front blanc
♀ adult plum. breeding

American Wigeon (Mareca americana) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Canard à front blanc,
  • Silbón americano,
  • piadeira-americana,
  • Kanadapfeifente,
  • álarcos réce,
  • Amerikaanse Smient,
  • Fischione americano,
  • amerikansk bläsand,
  • Amerikablesand,
  • kačica bielohlavá,
  • hvízdák americký,
  • Amerikansk Pibeand,
  • amerikanhaapana,
  • ànec xiulador nord-americà,
  • Ljóshöfðaönd,
  • świstun amerykański,
  • Amerikas baltvēderis,
  • ameriška žvižgavka,
  • Американская свиязь,
  • アメリカヒドリ,
  • 绿眉鸭,
  • 葡萄胸鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard à front blanc
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Canard à front blanc
♀ adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps,

Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Canard à front blanc
published: - Updated: 03-04-2004
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