Wigeon

Wigeons
Male (rear) and female (front) Eurasian wigeons.
Eurasian wigeon calls recorded in Dorset, England
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Tribe:	Anatini
Genus:	Mareca
Species
Mareca americana Mareca sibilatrix Mareca penelope †Mareca marecula (extinct, c.1800)

The wigeons or widgeons are a group of birds, dabbling ducks currently classified in the genus Mareca along with two other species. There are three extant species of wigeon, in addition to one recently extinct species.