Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family:  Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species: americana

American Wigeon

Description

Migration

Habitat

Diet

Reproduction

Literature Cited

 

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Literature Cited:

“American Wigeon.” INRIN. <http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/ifwis/birds/american-wigeon.html. (03 Sept. 2002).

De Roia, Deidre Marie. 1993. Feeding Ecology of Nonbreeding Ducks on Strip-Mine Sediment Ponds in East-Central Texas. DAI. 54, no. 08B, (1993): 3923.

Mowbray, Thomas. 1999. American Wigeon (Anas americana). The Birds of North America. 401: 1-32.

Rusz, Patrick James. 1985. Waterbird Responses to Habitat Changes on an Open Water System in Central Michigan (Cooling Pond, Drawdown). DAI. 46, no. 07B, (1985): 2147.

Thompson, John D. 1989. Behavioral Ecology and Carcass Composition of Waterfowl Wintering in Yucatan, Mexico. DAI. 51, no. 02B, (1989): 0511.

“Waterfowl Gallery.” Ducks Unlimited. <http://www.ducks.org/info/duckbase.asp?duck=18. (03 Sept. 2002).