Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Northern Pintail
The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds Palearctic from Iceland and northern Scandinavia eastwards to northeastern Russia, and southwards to central Europe to southeastern Russia, and North America from northern Alaska and arctic Canada southwards to north-central USA; winters to central Africa, southern Asia, southern Central America, and the CaribbeanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anas acuta
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Pintail
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 44.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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