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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A bird walking on the edge of a stream. Locality Penguin River, Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2012 50 weeks ago 16 sec 4.7 -
Bird foraging in a small stream. Locality Fortuna Bay, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 26 October 2010 2 years 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 4 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
Close-up of a bird preening along a stream Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Laurent Demongin 10 October 2008 4 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A bird standing at the edge of the beach, looking around. Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2012 48 weeks ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A pair with two chicks swimming Locality Estero Lampa, Chile (ssp spinicauda)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2003 8 years ago 21 sec 4.4
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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 2 years ago 4.3 -
Standing
Locality South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Martin Hale 28 November 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Three birds on the water.
Locality Salisbury Plain, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Jordi Sargatal 9 April 2012 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female with a juvenile feeding.
Locality Prion Island, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Christophe Gouraud 26 January 2013 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
A small group in flight.
Locality Grytviken, South Georgia (ssp georgica)
Jordi Sargatal 12 April 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Portrait.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Juan Carlos Melillo 24 May 2008 40 weeks ago 4
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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 4 years ago 4
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