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American Wigeon

Anas americana

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 3 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 60 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (30)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (16)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
Northeast (2)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Land cover and other classes (12)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 10 of 75 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 74 of 75 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 275

Plant genera in its diet records (30)
  • Myriophyllum Seeds and leaves. 5 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ranunculus Seeds and leaves. 4 diet records. 14 native plants in Arkansas
  • Stuckenia Seeds and leaves. 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Zostera Leaves and roots. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Triticum Seeds. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chenopodium Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Eleocharis Seeds. 2 diet records. 21 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lachnanthes Seeds and roots. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Najas 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ruppia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Trifolium Leaves. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Callitriche Leaves. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Carex 1 diet record. 144 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chara 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cladophora 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cyperus Seeds. 1 diet record. 25 native plants in Arkansas
  • Echinochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Hordeum Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Lemna Leaves. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Arkansas
  • Persicaria 1 diet record. 11 native plants in Arkansas
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Potamogeton 1 diet record. 10 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sagittaria Seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Salicornia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Scirpus Seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Typha 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ulva 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Vallisneria Leaves. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Zannichellia Leaves. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 85

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 102

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 60

Plants 143

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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