Northern Pintail
Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pintail o Ánade rabudo - en Español
What they look like: The Northern Pintail has a very skinny long neck, a small head and pointed tail.
Northern Pintail Photos
A species that's darn hard to get close to around here. The only photos I have of the species are from back in my digiscoping days, shot through a spotting scope. Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos.
Northern Pintail Duck (Anas acuta)
The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a long-tailed duck known for its eye-catching feather covering known as
plumage. Although not common, these graceful ducks live right here in Connecticut.
Northern Pintail
NORTHERN PINTAIL
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Northern pintail Anas acuta
Identification Tips:
Length: 18.5 inches Wingspan: 35 inches
Medium-sized dabbling duck with very long neck, small head and attenuated rear
Juvenile similar to adult female ...
Northern Pintail Duck
Range:
North America, Europe, Russia, Asia; winters in northern Africa, Pacific Islands
Habitat:
Lakes, rivers, marshes, swamps, ponds, barrens, tundra
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name:
Anas acuta ...
Northern Pintail
Relatives in same Genus
American Wigeon (A. americana)
Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)
Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal (A. discors)
Eurasian Wigeon (A. penelope)
Mallard (A.
Northern Pintail: Large, long-necked dabbling duck with gray and black upperparts, white neck and underparts, and gray sides. Head, throat, and nape are rich brown; a distinct white stripe divides front and back of neck.
Northern Pintails form new pair bonds each winter, but during the nesting season, males will engage in energetic and acrobatic "Pursuit Flights" to fight for access to another female.
Northern Pintail Behaviour
No observations regarding Northern Pintail behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Northern Pintails ...
Habitat Northern pintail ducks nest in open country with shallow, seasonal wetlands and low vegetation. It winters in wide-variety of freshwater habitats including marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers and canals.
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
2007 to 2011: Possible but not likely
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta Linnaeus
Status Fairly common transient, uncommon in summer and winter. Breeds.
Northern Pintail Anas acuta - Adult male in breeding plumage
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Northern Pintail Anas acuta at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California ...
5. Northern Pintail - the color of water
Sometimes the background is prettier than the subject, or at least makes the subject less important in the composition, as here. The colors are reflections of the pond-side foliage, in this case cattails.
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), sometimes called the pintail, the most common pintail species
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis), from the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos ...
Northern Pintail
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra (scientific)
The Northern Red Oak or Champion Oak, Quercus rubra (syn. Quercus borealis), is an oak in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae).
Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) ...
Northern Pintail
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
American Pipit
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
hemlock 206 Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir 217 Aspen 235 Cottonwood - willow 253 Black spruce - white spruce 254 Black spruce - paper birch 252 Paper birch SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY PLANT COMMUNITIES : Northern pintails ...
Northern Pintail - 2
Green-winged Teal - 2
Greater Scaup - 149. My largest coastal flight of scaup. One flock of
44 birds, but mostly small groups of 2 to 20 birds. There certainly ...
Anas acuta - Northern Pintail
Anas discors - Blue-winged Teal
Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler
Anas falcata - Falcated Teal
Anas formosa - Baikal Teal
Anas rubripes - American Black Duck
Netta
Netta rufina - Red-crested Pochard ...
In addition to the wood duck (pictured at left), other ducks found on the ponds include, from left to right, mallard, American black duck, and northern pintail:
Map showing Bird House and pool numbers ...
Hybrid breeds are occurring more frequently as the Mallards breed with other species such as the American black duck and the northern pintail.
Interesting Facts ...
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) ...
Northern Pintail [en español]
Northern Saw-whet Owl [en español]
Pigeon [en español]
Pileated Woodpecker
Redhead
Red-tailed Hawk [en español]
Red-winged Blackbird [en español]
Ring-billed Gull ...
 See also: Pintail, Mallard, Duck, Shoveler, Northern Shoveler
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