A guide to the birds that inhabit Rosewood Nature Study Area in Reno, NV.
The American wigeon (Mareca americana), also called a baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck found in North America. Formerly assigned to Anas, this species is classified with the other wigeons in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian wigeon. Mareca is from the Brazilian-Portuguese word Marréco for a ...more ↓
The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.