Anas penelope

Pato Cabeciblanco Europeo; Anade Silb≤n

A rufous-colored head with a tan crown and a gray body distinguish the male. The female is similar to the female American Wigeon, but the head and breast are the same dull brown color (the American Wigeon has a gray head and brown breast). In flight, this species has a gray wing lining (white in the American Wigeon). Length: 45-51 cm.; weight: 415-970 g. Breeds in Iceland, Scandinavia, Siberia and northern Russia. Normally winters in southern Europe, Asia and Africa. Accidental in wetlands of Puerto Rico (e.g., Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, 27 December 2003 until 4 February 2004).

TAXONOMY: ANSERIFORMES; ANATIDAE; Anatinae

References

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Jonsson, L. 1993. Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton, NJ.

Madge, S. and H. Burn. 1988. Wildfowl: an identification guide to the ducks, geese, and swans of the world. C. Helm, London.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Eurasian Wigeon, Spanish text

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