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American wigeon
Mareca americana · Family Anatidae
Mareca americana
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,745,737
- Countries and territories with records
- 81
About this species
This species has 3,745,737 occurrence records from 81 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (77.3%) and Canada (21.2%); together they account for 98.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Mareca americana combines the genus name Mareca with the species epithet americana. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Mareca; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Mareca strepera, Mareca penelope and Mareca sibilatrix.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.