Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix

This species was formerly placed in the genus Anas.

This southern South American species is very unlikely to occur naturally in Britain or elsewhere in Europe but is extremely popular in wildfowl collections and escapees are often encountered in the wild.

Here is one such escapee.

escaped Chiloe Wigeon, Swanton Morley fishing lakes (Norfolk, UK), 31st March 2007

The rest of my photos are are pf birds still in captivity. Note that this species is unusual among the genus in that both males and females have similar plumage (females are a little duller but quite unlike females of other wigeon species).

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 15th January 2022

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 4th December 2010

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 13th February 2010

captive Chiloe Wigeon, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 18th January 2004

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 27th February 2016

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 28th February 2009

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 18th March 2019

captive Chiloe Wigeons, Martin Mere (Lancashire, UK), 26th December 2014

captive Chiloe Wigeon (and Red-crested Pochard), l'Eucaliptus, Ebro Delta (Cataluña, Spain), 21st May 2013