Widgeon

Anas penelope
Ducks and geese (Anatidae)

♂ ♀

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A small duck with a short grey beak with a dark tip and a white belly. 
The courting plumage of the ♂ is a rust red head with a yellow forehead marking and a grey back. After summer the breast, back and head become dark brown. Central on each wing is a large white marking and the wing rear edge is black green. The ♀ has a dark brown head, breast and flanks and on her back variable black marks.  Her wings are brown with a thin white band and a black green rear edge.

Outside breeding season in large groups, feeding on grass patches.

⇔ l. 45-52 cm

syn. MARECA PENELOPE

A migratory bird, nests up north and winters in central Europe, North Africa and Asia.

LA:
≈ The ♂ of both ANAS ACUTA (Northern pintail) and AYTHYA FERINA (Pochard) misses the light coloured forehead marking.

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