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Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope · Family Anatidae
Mareca penelope
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,929,578
- Countries and territories with records
- 140
About this species
This species has 2,929,578 occurrence records from 140 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (22.5%), the Netherlands (13.1%), Denmark (12.6%), the United Kingdom (11.8%) and Norway (7.6%); together they account for 67.6% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.65% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Mareca penelope combines the genus name Mareca with the species epithet penelope. 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 americana and Mareca sibilatrix.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 2.3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.