Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusAnas (Mallards, Pintails, and Allies)
- SpeciesAnas acuta (Northern Pintail)
The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range as far as the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies, although the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species. The Northern Pintail is a large duck, and the long central tail feathers of the male give the species its English and scientific names. Both sexes have blue-grey bills and grey legs and feet. The drake is more striking, with a thin white stripe running from the back of its chocolate-coloured head down its neck to its mostly white underparts. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords National Park
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
American White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Pintail at Kenai Fjords National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there