Northern Pintail

(Anas acuta)

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

NatureServe

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

SNRB, SNRN - Unranked Breeding and Nonbreeding

Minnesota

not listed

Species in Greatest Conservation Need

 
 
Description

 

 

Size

21 to 25 in length

34 wingspan

 

Voice

 

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Habitat

Marshes, fields, ponds, lake edges, rivers

Ecology

Migration

Late February to early May and early September to early December

 

Nesting

 

 

Food

 

Distribution

Occurrence

Uncommon migrant and breeder

 

Maps

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

Taxonomy

Class

Aves (birds)

Order

Anseriformes (waterfowl)

Family

Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)

Subfamily

Anatinae (dabbling ducks)

Genus

Anas (mallards, pintails, and allies)

   

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Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

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Northern Pintail courtship
The24Keeps

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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2011

Northern Pintail courtship displays in Sacramento Valley, California. Courtship involves drakes "showing-off" their remarkable plumage both on the water and in aerial courtship chases.

Northern Pintail amid Malards, "River Scene" - March 6, 2014
Don Gagnon

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Published on Mar 7, 2014

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) amid Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), Taunton River, near Riverside Avenue, Somerset, Massachusetts, Thursday evening, March 6, 2014, 5:08 PM / 5:15 PM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_76050 / MVI_76081; 1:00 min.

Reifel Island Northern Pintail
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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2011

Northern Pintail male at Reifel Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Delta, BC

( Anas acuta )

Northern Pintail Ducks At Reifel Bird Sanctuary - Delta
Bob Hilscher

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Published on Feb 1, 2014

We spotted a flock of Northern Pintail ducks on arrival at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, in Delta, British Columbia. This early sighting let us know we were in for some fantastic birdwatching.

Northern Pintail (Anatidae: Anas acuta) Male
Carl Barrentine

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Uploaded on Apr 19, 2011

Photographed at the Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (19 April 2011).

 

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