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The Eurasian wigeon, also known as widgeon (Mareca penelope), called Bläsand in Skåne, is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is common and widespread within its range. Distribution It breeds in the northernmost areas of Europe and Asia. It is the Old World counterpart of North America's American wigeon. It is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range. It migrates to southern Asia and Africa. In Great Britain and Ireland, the Eurasian wigeon is common as a winter visitor, but scarce as a breeding bird in Scotland, the Lake District, the Pennines and occasionally further south, with only a handful of breeding pairs in Ireland. It can be found as an uncommon winter visitor in the United States on the mid-Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It is a rare visitor to the rest of the United States except for the Four Corners and the southern Appalachians.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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  Geographical distribution of Eurasian wigeon - Click HERE for full size map
By Cephas - BirdLife International. 2017. Mareca penelope (amended version of 2016 assessment).
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22680157A111892532. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22680157A111892532.en. Downloaded on 30 June 2018., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70386537 Taxonomy The Eurasian wigeon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Anas penelope. Anas is the Latin for "duck", and penelope refers to a duck that was supposed to have rescued Penelope when she was thrown into the sea. Her name derives from Ancient Greek πήνη pene, "braid" and ὤψ ops "appearance", from the ruse she used to deter suitors while her husband Ulysses was absent.  Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
By Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38181891 Description This dabbling duck is 42–52 cm long with a 71–80 cm wingspan, and a weight of 500–1,073 g. The breeding male has grey flanks and back, with a black rear end, a dark green speculum and a brilliant white patch on upper wings, obvious in flight or at rest. It has a pink breast, white belly, and a chestnut head with a creamy crown. In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage, the drake looks more like the female. The female is light brown, with plumage much like a female American wigeon. It can be distinguished from most other ducks, apart from American wigeon, on shape. However, that species has a paler head and white axillaries on its underwing. The female can be a rufous morph with a redder head, and a gray morph with a more gray head.
Listen to the Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
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Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Behaviour and habitat The Eurasian wigeon is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing, which it does very readily. It nests on the ground, near water and under cover. It is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks. They will join with flocks of the American wigeon in the United States, and they also hybridize with them. This is a noisy species. The male has a clear whistle that sounds like: "pjiew pjiew", whereas the female has a low growl : "rawr". The Eurasian wigeon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. Its conservation status is Least Concern. Conservation status
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 12 July 2018 Location: Haparanda  Female - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand - Haparanda - 12 July 2018
 Female - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand - Haparanda - 12 July 2018
 Baby - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand - Haparanda - 12 July 2018
 Male - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
8 April 2021 - eBird hotspot: Vejbystrand, Skåne  Male - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
8 April 2021 - eBird hotspot: Vejbystrand, Skåne  Male - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
8 April 2021 - eBird hotspot: Vejbystrand, Skåne  Male - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
16 February 2023 - eBird hotspot: Lund--Reningsverksdammarna, Skåne
 Male - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
16 February 2023 - eBird hotspot: Lund--Reningsverksdammarna, Skåne
 Female - Eurasian Wigeon / Bläsand
16 February 2023 - eBird hotspot: Lund--Reningsverksdammarna, Skåne
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