Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) - HBW 1, p. 608
French: Canard à queue pointue
German: Spitzschwanzente
Spanish: Anade Maicero
Other common names: Brown Pintail; Niceforo's Pintail (niceforoi); Chilean Pintail (spinicauda); South Georgian Teal/Pintail (georgica)
Taxonomy: Anas georgica Gmelin, 1789, Georgia Australi America.
Forms superspecies with A. acuta, with which is sometimes partitioned off in genus Dafila. Subspecies niceforoi, described in 1946, considered to be extinct by 1956. Race spinicauda sometimes considered full species. Two living subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- spinicauda Vieillot, 1816 - extreme S Colombia southwards to Tierra del Fuego, and eastwards to E Argentina; Falkland Is.
- georgica Gmelin, 1789 - South Georgia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird foraging in a small stream. Locality Fortuna Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 26 October 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.6 -
Group walking in a rocky area and calling Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Laurent Demongin 10 October 2008 3 years ago 45 sec 4.3 -
Adult (presumed female) with 2 juveniles and then alone Locality Fortuna Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Greg Baker 21 February 2005 1 year ago 45 sec 4 -
A pair swimming in a small pond. Locality Peggotty Bluff, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 23 October 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 4 -
Close-up of a bird preening along a stream Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Laurent Demongin 10 October 2008 3 years ago 45 sec 4 -
Close-up of a bird calling Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Laurent Demongin 10 October 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 4
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A pair swimming in a pond.
Locality Peggotty Bluff, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 23 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Standing
Locality South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Martin Hale 28 November 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
An adult in a little stream.
Locality Fortuna Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 26 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult South Georgia Pintail in the harbour.
Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Dag Peterson 8 November 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A bird walking in a stream
Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Laurent Demongin 10 October 2008 3 years ago 4 -
one of several birds in a colony of Southern Elephant Seals.
Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica )
Paul Willoughby 15 February 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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Calls of three birds, a female being the most prominent Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp georgica)
Stuart Fisher 3 years ago 4
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