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 Lago de Yojoa
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Masked Duck
Nomonyx dominicus
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Pintail at Lago de Yojoa — 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