When it is recorded
Jan455
Feb314
Mar260
Apr222
May98
Jun58
Jul30
Aug7
Sep106
Oct377
Nov239
Dec174
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 218 | |
| 2 | Rutland | England | 189 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 169 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 124 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 108 | |
| 6 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 104 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 79 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 57 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 54 | |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire | England | 45 | |
| 11 | Shetland Islands | — | 42 | |
| 12 | Fife | Scotland | 41 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 40 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 38 | |
| 15 | Wakefield | England | 32 |
1,841 England423 Scotland70 Wales4 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,340
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 55
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Mareca americana
- Also known as
- Wigeon
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 319
- Most recorded in
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Norfolk, Dumfries and Galloway, Lincolnshire, Devon, Highland
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Mareca
- Name with authority
- Mareca americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
- Described
- 1789
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28106685 · GBIF 2498155