Northern pintail
species of duck
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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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| Light Green - nesting area Blue - wintering area Dark Green - resident all year Red X - Vagrant | |
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Dafila acuta | |
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