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 LC    Chiloe Wigeon* Id (Atlas):
    Mareca sibilatrix

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Chiloe Wigeon, Southern Wigeon, Chilean Wigeon

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
43 - 54 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Poeppig, 1829)

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

South America south of central Argentina and central Chile; Falkland Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Chiloe Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix) [XC449992]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Laguna Quilo, Chilo\u00e9, X Regi\u00f3n, Chile (call)

 
Chiloe Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix) [XC521726]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Puerto Natales, XII Region, Chile (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) and American Wigeon (Mareca americana).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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