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.
Pintail
Ever distinctive and elegant, the pintail is one of my all-time favourites.
Pintail
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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.
THE PINTAIL DUCK.
[Northern Pintail.]
ANUS ACUTA, Linn.
[Anus acuta.] ...
Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pintail o Ánade rabudo - en Español
Species Code: ANAC ...
Pintail, Common Pintail, Common Pintail Duck
Bird Family :
Anatini - Typical ducks ...
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.
Bahama pintails feed by dabbling from the surface or tipping in calm, shallow water.
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Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a widespread duck across all of North America.
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 Pintail (Male), Laguna Madre Nature Trail, South Padre Island, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
Northern Pintail, Laguna Madre Nature Trail, South Padre Island, Texas ...
Northern Pintails are slender, long-necked ducks. Males have a brownish head with a gray bill, white breast, grayish body and long, pointed black tail feathers.
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 ...
It is our pintail but ours seem a little lighter to me - probably environmental (food or light or something) differences.
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta Linnaeus
Status Fairly common transient, uncommon in summer and winter. Breeds.
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
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 ...
Yellow-billed Pintail
Anas georgica spinicauda
Local Name: Grey Teal
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands and South America
Length: 50cm
Falklands Population: ~500 breeding pairs
World Population: unknown ...
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.
Pintail, Northern Anas acuta Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels at the North Carolina Zoo 2 - 5) Dick at Sylvan Heights
8) Alan D Wilson at Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ladner, British Columbia 6, ...
Pintails (Dabbling Ducks)
Pochards
Pommeranian Ducks: Domestic Waterfowl Co.
3. Pintail male and Cinnamon Teal male
4. Male Shoveler takes off, note wing patches
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler takes the sun ...
Pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes)
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Little egret (Egretta garzetta) ...
Pintail
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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
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
American Pipit
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
South Georgia Pintail (Anas georgica georgica)
"1,000"
Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal (A. flavirostris) ...
White-cheeked Pintail
Range: Caribbean islands and South America
Habitat: ponds, lakes, lagoons, inlets, usually with emergent vegetation ...
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 ...
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 ...
Much of the information in the facing column about Pintails applies to Paradise Whydahs, as well.
A visit to the Chincoteague Fish and Wildlife Refuge, can reveal an array of waterfowl including pintail, gadwall, merganser, wigeon, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, Canada and snow geese.
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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Other birds include the dove, Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant, Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, ...
An integrated evaluation of cropland conversion in the Missouri Coteau of Saskatchewan: productivity of pintail and other grassland birds. Unpublished report.
American black ducks are common and wood ducks, pintails, gadwalls, wigeons, hooded mergansers are seen.
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 ...
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.
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) ...
 See also: Mallard, Duck, Teal, Sparrow, Purple
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