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Anas americana

(Canard siffleur d'Am?rique)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Amerikaanse Smient

Common Names in English:

American Wigeon, American Wigeon / Baldpate, bald wigeon, bald-crown, bald-head, bald-pate, baldpate, blue-billed wigeon, California wigeon, green-headed wigeon, poacher, smoking duck, southern wigeon, wheat duck, white belly

Common Names in French:

Canard siffleur d'Am?rique, Canard à front blanc, Canard D'am, canard d'Amérique, canard d'Amérique, Canard siffleur américain

Common Names in German:

Nordamerikanische Pfeifente

Common Names in Italian:

Fischione americano

Common Names in Japanese:

アメリカヒドリ

Common Names in Spanish:

Anade silvon americano, Pato Chalcu, Pato chalcuán, Pato chalcuán, Silbón Americano

Common Names in Swedish:

Amerikansk bläsand

Description

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Physical Description

Adult Female: Head : grayish to buff, mottled with black Bill: gray with black tip Neck: gray Body: Back: brown Breast: pinkish brown Mantle: gray-brown, marked with tawny buff Sides: rufous brown or cinnamon Legs : Femorals: rufous brown.Adult Male: Head: gray Crown: white Shape : round Face : Forehead: white Postocular Stripe : green Bill: blue gray with black tip Neck: whitish, mottled with black Body: Belly: white Breast: reddish brown Chest: purplish Mantle: pinkish brown Rump : white sides Sides: pinkish brown Upperparts: white Legs: Femorals: white at rear Tail: black Uppertail Coverts: black.Basic: Head: Shape: round Bill: bluish, with black tip Size: small.

Color:

Adult male alternate: Alternate plumage worn from fall through early summer · White crown · Green post-ocular stripe · Streaked gray lower face and neck · Rusty breast and flanks · Dark brown back · White patch at rear portion of flanks · Black undertail coverts

Adult male basic: Similar to adult female but usually retains rusty flanks and white forewing

Adult female: Blue bill with black tip · Mottled dark brown body plumage with rustier flanks contrasting with paler head and neck · Dusky eye patch

Size/Age/Growth

About 18 to 23 inches long, with a wingspan of 30 to 35 inches. Adults weigh about 27.2 ounces .

Habitat

Found in tidewater areas, ponds , and lakes .

Vegetation: freshwater lakes and ponds, freshwater marshes • Maximum Elevation: 2,300 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 596 meters (1,957 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

Biology

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Diet

Primarily: Green Plant Matter Seeds. Lesser Quantities of: Aquatic Invertebrates .

Reproduction

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Anas americana J. F. Gmelin, 1789 • Mareca Americana

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

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Eurasian Wigeon

Members of the genus Anas

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 91 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. acuta (American Pintail) · A. acuta acuta (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta drygalskii (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta eatoni (Northern Pintail) · A. americana (American Wigeon / Baldpate) · A. andium (Andean Teal) · A. aucklandica (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. aucklandica aucklandica (New Zealand Brown Teal) · A. aucklandica nesiotis (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis galapagensis (Galapagos Pintail) · A. bernieri (Madagascar Teal) · A. capensis (African Cape Teal) · A. carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. castanea (Chestnut-Breasted Teal) · A. chlorotis (Flightless Teal) · A. clypeata (Red-Breasted Shoveler) · A. crecca (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca crecca (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca nimia (Aleutian Green-Winged Teal) · A. cyanoptera (South American Teal) · A. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera septentrionalium (Cinnamon Teal) · A. diazi (New Mexican Duck) · A. diazi novimexicana (New Mexican Duck) · A. discors (Blue Winged Teal) · A. discors discors (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. discors orphna (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. drygalskii (Crozet Pintail) · A. eatoni (Kerguelen Pintail) · A. erythrorhyncha (Red-Billed Pintail) · A. falcata (Bronze-Capped Teal) · A. flavirostris (Yellow-Billed Teal) · A. flavirostris flavirostris (Speckled/chilean Teal) · A. formosa (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosa georgi (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosus (Spectacled Teal) · A. fulcigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula (Summer Black Duck) · A. fulvigula fulvigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula maculosa (Mottled Duck) · A. georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. georgica georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gibberifrons gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gracilis (Grey Teal) · A. hottentota (Hottentot Teal) · A. laysanensis (Laysan Teal) · A. leucophrys (Ringed Teal) · A. luzonica (Philippine Duck) · A. marecula (Amsterdam Duck) · A. melleri (Meller's Duck) · A. nesiotis (Campbell Island Teal) · A. oustaleti (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. penelope (European Widgeon) · A. platalea (Argentine Shoveller) · A. platyrhynchos (Duck) · A. platyrhynchos conboschas (Mallard) · A. platyrhynchos diazi (Mallard) · A. platyrhynchos platyrhynchos (Mallard) · A. poecilorhyncha (Western Spot-Billed Duck) · A. poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha (Indian Spot-Billed Duck) · A. puna (Puna Teal) · A. punctata (Pacific Black Duck) · A. querquedula (Garganey Teal) · A. rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler) · A. rhynchotis rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler) · A. rubripes (North American Black Duck) · A. sibilatrix (Southern Chiloe Wigeon) · A. smithii (Cape Shoveller) · A. sparsa (African Black Duck) · A. sparsa sparsa (African Black Duck) · A. specularioides (Crested Duck) · A. specularioides specularioides (Crested Duck) · A. specularis (Bronze-Winged Duck) · A. strepera (Common Gadwall) · A. strepera strepera (Gadwall) · A. superciliosa (Black Duck) · A. superciliosa pelewensis (Gray Duck) · A. superciliosa superciliosa (Gray Duck) · A. theodori (Mauritian Duck) · A. undulata (African Yellow-Billed Duck) · A. undulata undulata (African Yellow-Billed Duck) · A. versicolor (Versicolor Teal) · A. versicolor versicolor (Versicolor Teal) · A. waigiuensis (Salvadori's Duck) · A. waigivensis (Salvadori's Duck) · A. wyvilliana (Koloa Piwai) · A. zonorhyncha (Eastern Spot-Billed Duck)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Standard Deviation = 814.680 based on 19,999 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012