Summary ²

The American wigeon (Mareca americana), also baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck found in North America. This species is classified with the other wigeons in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian wigeon. Anas is the Latin for "duck" and americana refers to America.

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1. (c) Rick Leche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64649343@N00/2039090507
2. Adapted by Darren Kirby from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mareca_americana

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