Eurasian Wigeon
CommonGBIF 2.6·Dongniao Rarity Index5.33
英文名：Eurasian Wigeon（学名：Mareca penelope），是雁形目鸭科Mareca的鸟类。又名: 赤颈凫、鹅子鸭、红鸭，广泛分布在欧亚大陆的鸭科鸟类。雄鸟头部红褐色，额头黄褐色，身体珍珠灰色，胸部粉色；雌鸟整体暖棕色，喙部淡色。分布于欧亚大陆北部，冬季迁徙至欧洲南部、非洲东北部与西北角。
Eurasian Wigeon
45-51 cm. A medium-sized duck with pointed tail and short bill. Bill light grey with black tip, paler and bluer on male. Breeding male has chestnut head with yellowish crown, pinkish breast, greyish body, white forewings, and black and white ventral region. Non-breeding males are chestnut with white belly and forewings. Females are greyish-brown to rufous-brown, with whitish belly. In flight shows narrow neck, bulbous head and pointed tail, males with contrasting white forewing and white belly, female greyish-brown forewing and white belly.
- Voice
- Male has a clear whistled "pjiew pjiew", female a growled 'krrr'.
- Range & Status
- breeds northern Europe and Asia. In winter migrates south to southern Europe, Meditteranean, Africa and southern Asia; vagrant to Borneo, Sulawesi, some Pacific islands, and Australia. A bird recorded from Carnarvon, Western Australia on 6 March 2013 remained for several weeks.
