Eurasian Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Mareca penelope

Locale	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
SE Alaska (edit)	R	VR	VR	VR	-
Yakutat (edit)	?	-	VR	VR	-
Skagway (edit)	+	+	-	-	-
Haines (edit)	R	-	+	-	-
Glacier Bay (edit)	R	+	VR	VR	-
Juneau (edit)	R	VR	VR	VR	-
Sitka (edit)	R	+	VR	VR	-
Stikine (edit)
S Outer Islands (edit)
Ketchikan (edit)	VR	-	-	VR	-
Offshore (edit)

Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope): A regular but rare migrant, with most observations of only one or two birds. Rare in Spring. Casual in summer, a Very Rare to Rare in Fall and Winter, with reports from somewhere in the region most recent years.

• Update SE F + W to Rare?
• Update KTN F to + or VR?
• Increasing in frequency over the past 20 years or so?

Local Notes

• Glacier Bay/Eurasian Wigeon: Drake Eurasian Wigeon are most often seen in spring among American Wigeon flocks. (edit)
• Haines/Eurasian Wigeon: (edit)
• Juneau/Eurasian Wigeon: (edit)
• Ketchikan/Eurasian Wigeon: (edit)
• Sitka/Eurasian Wigeon: Rare to Very Rare in migration and Winter. Most often seen mixed in with American Wigeons. (edit)
• Skagway/Eurasian Wigeon: (edit)
• Yakutat/Eurasian Wigeon: (edit)

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References

Weblinks

• Search Arctos Database for Eurasian Wigeon (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Eurasian Wigeon (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Mareca penelope
• iNaturalist Observations for Mareca penelope in Southeast Alaska

Other References

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  Male Eurasian Wigeon at Swan Lake

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  Plot of Eurasian Wigeon observations in Sitka

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