#0844 · 🐦 birds

White-cheeked Pintail

🇳🇱 Bahamapijlstaart ·Anas bahamensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Mariano Fernández Kloster · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
3. © denismatthey · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dave Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Daniel Onea · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © andres2399 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Travilah, MD, USA:© Dave Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Palm Beach, Aruba:© Daniel Onea · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Porto, Portugal:© naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The white-cheeked pintail ( Anas bahamensis ), also known as the Bahama pintail or summer duck , is a species of dabbling duck. It was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name.

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,914iNaturalist observations
weight 34 gadult, 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).