Eurasian Wigeon
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska

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) |
- 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)
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