Unggas air (Waterfowl)
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The wigeon that crossed the wrong ocean. Shows up in North America just often enough to thrill birders.
- Populasi
- ~2 million; most regional populations stable
- Habitat
- Breeds on shallow freshwater wetlands - marshes, ponds, and lakes - in boreal forest and forest-tundra transition zones; winters on freshwater lakes and marshes plus coastal habitats such as saltmarshes, brackish lagoons, estuaries, and bays
- Fakta menarik
- The Eurasian Wigeon's species name, penelope, references the Greek mythological queen Penelope (wife of Odysseus/Ulysses); classical etymology ties her name to a duck (penelops) said to have rescued her after she was thrown into the sea as a child.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the northern Palearctic from Iceland through Scandinavia and Russia to eastern Siberia; winters south to western and southern Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and South/Southeast Asia; a rare but regular winter visitor to North America (both coasts), with eastern-NA birds likely from Iceland and western-NA birds likely from eastern Asia/Russia
- Makanan
- Primarily herbivorous dabbling duck - eats aquatic and terrestrial plant leaves, stems, roots, rhizomes, and seeds (e.g. wigeongrass, cattail, sedge) and grazes on grasses/grains on land; during breeding season, especially females and ducklings, supplements heavily with aquatic invertebrates such as mayflies, midges, caddisflies, beetles, and small mollusks/crustaceans
- Ukuran
- 0,47 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,755 m
- Masa hidup
- 8 tahun
