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Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

The Eurasian Wigeon is a beautiful duck with a striking reddish-brown head and a white forehead. These ducks love to swim in lakes and rivers, where they search for tasty plants to eat.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Eurasian Wigeon male has a striking chestnut-coloured head with a creamy-yellow stripe on its forehead, a grey body, and a pinkish breast. Females are mottled brown, making them harder to spot. Both have a small, distinctive sky-blue bill with a black tip.

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Eurasian Wigeon
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Eurasian Wigeon

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

During winter, thousands of Eurasian Wigeons can gather in huge noisy flocks!

Their name "wigeon" comes from an old word meaning "whistling duck"!

These ducks don't usually dive for food; they prefer to graze on land!

They sometimes follow swans to eat bits of plants that float to the surface!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Grassland Grazer

Eurasian Wigeon can efficiently eat tough grasses because of their strong bill, helping them get energy from plants.

Fähigkeit

Whistle Talker

Eurasian Wigeon has a unique 'whee-oo' whistle call that helps them communicate clearly over long distances with their flock.

Fähigkeit

Food Snatcher

Eurasian Wigeon sometimes steals food from other diving birds, helping them save energy by not having to dive themselves.

Maße und Details

Länge
42-59 cm
Flügelspannweite
71-80 cm
Gewicht
0.5-1.07 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-18 Jahre
Top Speed
100 km/h
Gelegegröße
7-10
Brutzeit
24-25 Tage
Zugstrecke
5000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These ducks are mostly vegetarians, munching on grasses and aquatic plants from the surface.

Hauptnahrung

  • Grasses
  • Sedges
  • Aquatic plant leaves
  • Aquatic plant stems
  • Aquatic plant seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eelgrass

Zostera marina

A favorite food source in coastal wintering areas.

eats

Kentucky bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Feeds on tender blades of this common grass.

eaten by

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

A powerful raptor that preys on adult ducks.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Predator of eggs, ducklings, and sometimes adult ducks.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Wigeon

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch ducks from a distance and don't feed them bread.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Eurasian Wigeon?

42-59 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Eurasian Wigeon?

71-80 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Eurasian Wigeon?

0.5-1.07 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eurasian Wigeon?

2-18 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Eurasian Wigeon?

100 km/h

Was frisst Eurasian Wigeon?

These ducks are mostly vegetarians, munching on grasses and aquatic plants from the surface.

Wo findet man Eurasian Wigeon normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Eurasian Wigeon?

Grazing

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