American Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Wigeon is the medium shaped dabbling duck. Its body is brown in color with a white crown. It has large patches which are green in color extending to the back of the body and buff washed breast, white belly. It has strong wings to beat and files in tight groups. It is the breed from Alaska, southern Quebec south to Nevada and rarely found in the east. It spends winter mainly along the Pacific, Gulf coasts, Marshes, ponds, shallow lakes and Atlantic are the preferred habitats.

Interesting Facts:

The American Wigeon was previously known as "Baldpate" for the reason that the white stripe on their crown is similar to a bald man's head. Their diet has a higher quantity of plant material than the diet of some other dabbling duck.