American Wigeon (Anas americana)

Local Name: baldplate, Length:17–23"(42–59 cm); Description: medium-sized dabbling ducks, a short bill and a round head, grey-blue bill with a black tip, Underparts white, legs and feet are blue-gray to dark gray, Males: white patch from the forehead to the middle of the crown, an iridescent green band from the eye to the back of the head. Females and nonbreeding males: brownish gray head and a dark smudge around the eye

Habitat: freshwater wetlands, lakes; 

Statue: Almost a yearly migrant from North America.

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Male Am. Wigeons have a white patch from the forehead to the middle of the crown (bald plate), an iridescent green band from the eye to the back of the head

Females and nonbreeding males have a brownish-gray head and a dark smudge around the eyes

Male

Female

 

White underparts

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