Description: Wigeon is an averagely sized duck. Their mating males exhibit ginger heads, with a golden yellow or creamy white stripe crossing their tops beak to back, as well as a large white spot on the wings on the front of the reflecting spot. The quills are black. The bird is 45-51 cm long.
Habitat: They predominantly settle in smaller water-bodies with no thickets, or on flood plains; considered rare.
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