Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Northern Pintail

Northern Pintail Anas acuta

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Pintail, Common Pintail
Old scientific name(s): Dafila acuta

Photographs

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 21, 2005 © William Hull  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 23, 2005 © William Hull  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 23, 2005 © William Hull  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 21, 2005 © William Hull  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan - Mar 21, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Holarctic;
N. Alaska and e. across n. Canada from n. Yukon, n. Mackenzie, sw. Banks Is., s. Victoria Is., n. Keewatin, Southampton Is., n. and e. Quebec, New Brunswick to Nova Scotia s. to s. California, n. Arizona, s. New Mexico and e. from Kansas across the c. United States to Virginia, then in w. Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Spitsbergen (Svalbard) across arctic Russia and Siberia to the Chukotski Peninsula, Kamchatka and the Commander Is., then s. in w. Europe breeding in Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, former USSR, the Netherlands, w. Germany, Austria (Neusiedlersee) and the Balkans, locally in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Turkey, nw. Africa in Morocco (Iriki) and Tunisia, s. Russia s. to the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Aral Sea, the Caucasus Mountains and c. Asia in n. Kazakhstan, n. China (n. Manchuria and valleys of the Tien Shan in Sinkiang), Tibet (Gyangtze), se. Siberia and the Kuril Is.
Winters s. from coastal w. to s. United States through Mexico to Costa Rica (Tempisque Basin and Rio Frio District), Panama, the West Indies e. to Hispaniola and s. rarely to n. Colombia. Birds from Eurasia winter s. in w. and s. Europe in the Mediterranean Basin, Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, in Africa from Morocco, n. Algeria, n. Tunisia, n. Libya, the Nile Valley of Egypt, n. subsaharan Africa in Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, n. Ivory Coast, n. Togo, n. Benin, s. Niger, n. Nigeria, n. Cameroon, s. Chad, n. Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, ne. Zaire, Uganda, Kenya (palearctic migrant, mainly Nov. to April, especially in c. and w. highlands, Rift Valley and Hgorongoro Crater and Arusha NP), Rwanda, Burundi, n. Tanzania, then in Asia in Iraq, Iran, Nepal, Indian Subcontinent, China, Bangladesh, Burma, nw. and c. Thailand, Cambodia, n. and c. Laos, Vietnam, Java, Borneo to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan, islands in the Indian Ocean, Micronesia and Hawaiian Is. Regularly migrates far out in the Pacific Ocean where it regularly occurs in small numbers on many small islands;
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: ALK, YUK, MAC, KEE, BCO, ALB, SAS, MAN, n. and s. ONT (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), nc. and s. QUE (Gaspe Peninsula, Magdalen Is., Anticosti Is.), w. NBR, an isolated population on PEI and ex. nw. NSC, s. in the United States in WAS, ORG, ex. ne. CAL, IDH, n. NEV, MON, WYO, n. UTH, isolated population in c. ARZ, COL, n. and c. NMX, NDK, SDK, NEB, e. KAN, n. TEX, w. OKA, w. and c. MIN, nc. IWA and isolated populations in c. WIS, se. MIC, ne. OHO, nw. PEN, w. and n. NYK;
Winter: w. BCO, WAS, ORG, CAL, s. IDH, w., n. and s. NEV, w. MON, UTH, w. and s. WYO, COL, ARZ, NMX, c. NEB, s. and se. KAN, OKA, TEX, ex. w. and e. MOU, LOU, e. ARK in the Mississippi Valley, s. ILL, sw. IND to c. KTY, c. TEN, MIS, ALA, s. GEO, FLA, e. SCA, e. NCA, e. VIR, e. MYD, s. DEL, e. NJY, se. NYK, c. CON, RID, e. MAS, se. NHP and se. MAE.

Videos

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: A group of male and female birds swimming.

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Female birds swimming.

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male and female birds swimming.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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