Northern pintail
The northern pintail or pintail (Anas acuta) is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies if the possibly conspecific Eaton's Pintail is considered to be a separate species.
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| Species: | A. acuta
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| Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
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Dafila acuta | |
Northern Pintail Media
Non-breeding males wintering in India
Two Northern Pintail ducks
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Up-ending to feed (male on right)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Northern pintail female wingspan
Northern pintail male in flight
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