| Common Name: | Wigeon, American | | Scientific Name: | Anas americana | | Family: | Anatidae | | Area: | male - Fivemile Landing -Topock Marsh, Arizona | | Date: | December 9, 2007 | 
Males are easy to identify with their light colored forehead and crown which probably explains their nickname of "Baldplate". American Wigeions migrate from the "north" of North America to winter all along the West Coast. | 
female - Santee Lakes - Santee, California ---December 13, 2010 | | Reference: | Western Birds by Peterson |
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