Eurasian Wigeon
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Eurasian Wigeon | |
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Mareca penelope | |
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Taxonomy | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Mareca |
Species: | M. penelope |
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The Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) is a species of dabbling duck found across Eurasia and northern Africa. The species is sexually dimorphic. Like its counterpart the American Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeons used to be placed in the genus Anas.