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Pintail (Anas acuta)
(aka Northern / Common Pintail)
Pintail breed in the northern parts of North America, Europe and Asia and winter further south but rarely, if ever, crossing the Equator.
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Pintail Whydah
Male Pintail Whydah
Photo Courtesy: Affan Dagasan, Sweden
These are fine birds to enjoy for their antics and the splendid breeding plumage of the male. The Pintail Whydah is one of the most common forms of Whydah available.
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Fairey Pintail, a British single engined floatplane fighter
Pintail Island, Nunavut, Canada
USS Pintail (AMc-17), a U.S. Navy minesweeper ...
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Pintails swimming
Male pintails have chocolate-brown heads with broad white stripe running down their neck. They have a finely barred grey body and a black and white tail with elongated black feathers that give the bird its name.
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NORTHERN PINTAILPhoto Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SCIENTIFIC NAME: Anas acuta ...
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Pintails are dabbling ducks. The "dabbling" refers to their feeding behavior rather than a swimming style. Their feet are located more toward the center of the body rather than toward the rear, as in diving ducks.
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PINTAIL DUCK, Anas acuta, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. viii. p. 72. ANAS ACUTA, Bonap. Syn., p. 383. ANAS CAUDACUTA, Pintail Duck, Swains. and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii.p. 441. PINTAIL or WINTER DUCK, Anus acuta, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 386.
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The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of Canada, Alaska and the mid-western United States.
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Female pintail ducks are good mothers. They sit on their six to 12 eggs until they hatch within about three weeks. After that, she will protect her brood with her life.
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Bahama pintails feed by dabbling from the surface or tipping in calm, shallow water. RETURN TO TOP ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ...
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Northern Pintail Anas acuta Linnaeus Status Fairly common transient, uncommon in summer and winter. Breeds.
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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.
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Northern Pintails are among the earliest nesting ducks in North America, beginning shortly after ice-out in many northern areas.
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The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a widespread duck across all of North America. In general it breeds across much of the northern United States and all of Canada, and winters along both coasts and much of the southern U.S. and Mexico.
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Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica spinicauda Local Name: Grey TealBreeding Range: Falkland Islands and South America Length: 50cm Falklands Population: ~500 breeding pairs World Population: unknown ...
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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.
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01/19/98 NAME - Northern Pintail FAMILY - Anatidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Anas acuta acuta REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Transient, present briefly as migrant. 8 Winter visitor - migrant.
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NORTHERN PINTAILAnas acuta Most Northern Pintails are raised on tundra ponds, prairie potholes and similar aquatic habitats, after hatching in ground nests, usually on arctic tundra, prairie grasslands or agricultural fields.
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Northern Pintail - Anas acuta Long-tailed Duck Behaviour No observations regarding Long-tailed Duck behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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Northern Pintail Winter Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no American Pipit Winter Sighting Information: occasional Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
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South Georgia Pintail (Anas georgica georgica) "1,000" Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal (A. flavirostris) ...
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White-cheeked Pintail
Range: Caribbean islands and South America
Habitat: ponds, lakes, lagoons, inlets, usually with emergent vegetation ...
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Much of the information in the facing column about Pintails applies to Paradise Whydahs, as well.
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Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
References
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An integrated evaluation of cropland conversion in the Missouri Coteau of Saskatchewan: productivity of pintail and other grassland birds. Unpublished report.
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From the shore of the lake, he pointed out Silvery Grebes, Andean Teal, Andean Ducks, Yellow-billed Pintail, and Andean Coots. The placid lake was smooth as a mirror. On the shore, we spied a flock of 17 Black-faced Ibis.
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 See also: Mallard, Duck, Teal, Sparrow, Purple
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