Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian wigeon)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Anas penelope

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Mareca according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758, Weesie 1988 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Mareca americana, Mareca sibilatrix, Mareca strepera

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (2 collections), Egypt (4), Greece (1), Italy (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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