Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
GenusMareca (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon) :
1: Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
29 Feb 2016 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swimming
Image 1: Male - swimming
2: Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
21 Dec 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Adults on water
Image 1: In flight (male behind)Image 2: In flight (male on right)Image 3: In flight (male on right) (2)Image 4: Male - in flightImage 5: Pair - on sea (male on left)Image 6: Pair - on sea (male on left) (2)Image 7: Pair - on sea (male on left) (3)
3: Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
21 Dec 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Adults, feeding in estuarine grassland
Image 1: Feeding flockImage 2: Feeding flock (2)

Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mareca penelope (Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon)
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