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The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck 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 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.
Scientific Name : Anas Acuta
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 64 cm
Compare Size : Kite +
Wingspan : 80 – 95 cm
Weight : 450 – 1360 g
Migratory : Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : April and June
Other Names :
Hindi : सैंड
Marathi : तलवार बदक, सरगे
Habitat:
open wetlands
Breeding:
7 - 9 cream-coloured eggs
Feeding:
plant food and adds small invertebrates to its diet during the nesting season
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Head | chocolate-brown |
| Breast | white |
| Neck | chocolate-brown with white stipe on sides which joins or merges with the white breast |
| Upperparts | grey |
| Scapulars | elongated grey feathers with black central stripes are draped across the back from the shoulder area |
| Vent | yellow |
| Tail | black; central feathers elongated to as much as 10 cm |
| Bill | bluish |
| Legs | blue-grey |
| Secondaries | black speculum bordered white |
| Note : Males are much larger than females; In non-breeding plumage, the male looks similar to the female, but retains the male upperwing pattern and long grey shoulder feathers |
|
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Head | uniformly grey-brown |
| Tail | central feathers elongated but shorter than male |
| Bill | grey |
| Secondaries | dark-brown speculum bordered white |
| Note : scalloped and mottled in light-brown |
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| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
