I've seen quite a few American wigeons, which are beautiful, and I've been on the lookout for Eurasian wigeons as they are occasional visitors to the U.S. I finally found some, although not in the U.S. It was in Kaziranga NP in Assam, India. They were quite a distance from us so my photos are not as good as I would have liked, but I was thrilled to finally see some.
The male Eurasians have the same buff/flesh colored crown/vertical stripe on the head as the Americans, but lack the green eye stripe and have a chestnut colored head instead of a blotchy tannish head. Their chests are the same color, but the back is silver/gray instead of brown. Both sexes have the same bluish/gray bill with a black tip and the American female is a darker brown than its Eurasian counterpart.
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