Eurasian Wigeon

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46-51 cm (18-20") Rare but regular winter visitor from Europe, seen along both coasts, casual inland. Lakes, bays, marshes. Surface feeding duck usually seen with similar American Wigeons.

Male: reddish-brown head with pale buff stripe on forehead and crown; gray back and sides; blue bill with black tip.

Female: small rounded uniformly brown head; brownish back and sides; light gray or bluish bill with black tip.

In flight, white patch on forewing; grayish "wingpits" or axillaries - not white as American Wigeon's.

Song: two-note whistle, soft quacks.

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