Anas penelope


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Noun1.Anas penelope - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and tealsAnas penelope - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
widgeon, wigeon
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Anas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
American widgeon, Anas americana, baldpate - a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
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Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope, Baikal teal Anas formosa, and common teal always exhibit a female-skewed sex ratio.
Population Size and Sex Ratio of Wintering Scaly-Sided Merganser Mergus squamatus in the Poyang Lake Water System, Jiangxi Province, China
The five groups composing the AWC team spotted garganeys (Spatula querquedula) and Eurasian wigeons (Anas penelope) among tufted ducks at Naujan Lake.
Fewer birds counted but new species seen at Mindoro lake
After potential double-counts were excluded as much as possible, [approximately equal to]13,600 wild birds of 71 species were reported dead (Table); 49% of all carcasses were identified by species, most of which were tufted duck (Aythya fuligula [39%]) and Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope [37%]).
Deaths among Wild Birds during Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Outbreak, the Netherlands
[13] Jacobsen, O.W., 1996-Habitat Selection by Breeding Eurasian Wigeon (Anas Penelope L.) in Western Norway.
Trophic ecology study contribution Anas Platyrhynchos (linne, 1758) in the Reghaia's Lake National Reserve, Algeria
Seasonal variation in Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope sex and age ratios from hunter-based surveys.
Regulation of the hunting season as a tool for adaptive harvest management--first results for pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus
The Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope; hereafter EUWI), a close relative of the American Wigeon (Anas americana; hereafter AMWI) and Chiloe Wigeon (Anas silbatrix) of North and South America, breeds throughout Northern Eurasia and winters in portions of western Europe, Africa, and India (Johnsgard 1978; Madge and Burn 1988).
Temporal pattern of wetland use by Eurasian and American Wigeon in the Northern Sacramento Valley, California

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