Chiloe Wigeon
Mareca sibilatrix(Poeppig, EF, 1829)
English (US) Chiloe Wigeon
The Chiloe Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds southern and central Chile and Argentina and Falkland Islands; winters northward to southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mareca sibilatrix
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Described by
- (Poeppig, EF, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas sibilatrix
- Described by
- (Poeppig, EF, 1829)
- Type locality
- Talcahuano, Concepcion, Chile.
- Original description
- Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 25 col.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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