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Anas americana
American Wigeon
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Anas americana J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Genus Mareca, Species Anas americana


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Alagnak Wild River	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Bandelier National Monument
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Denali National Park and Preserve
East Potomac Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harmony Hall	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Kobuk Valley National Park	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mesa Verde National Park	Missouri National Recreational River
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Mount Rainier National Park
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Petrified Forest National Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sitka National Historical Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tuzigoot National Monument	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Yucca House National Monument	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve


Last Modified Date:	2/23/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/27/2025 9:44:57 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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