#0616 · 🐦 birds

Northern Pintail

🇳🇱 Pijlstaart ·Anas acuta

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
2. © pinemartyn · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Josiah Reed · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Bill Bouton · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Craig Chaddock · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nationaal Park De Biesbosch, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL:© leeuwtje · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Cocksdorp, Niederlande:© albissers_grund · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The pintail or northern pintail ( Anas acuta ) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is 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 duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species.

base stats

NL sightings 574iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 69,688iNaturalist observations
weight 1 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).