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1. Northern Pintail Identification - All About Birds
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pintail/id
Description: Web ResultNorthern Pintail Identification. Overview; ID info; Life History; Maps; Sounds; Identification; Photo Gallery; Similar Species; Northern Pintail Photos and Videos
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2. Northern pintail - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pintail
Description: Web ResultThe pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species 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.
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3. Northern Pintail - All About Birds
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pintail/overview
Description: Web ResultLiving Bird Magazine Where's the White? A Simple Question can be the Key in Waterfowl ID. <p>Elegant Northern Pintails swim through wetlands and lakes with their slender necks and long, pointed tails held high. Intricately patterned and pale-faced females join males fashioned with a signature white stripe down their chocolate-colored necks.
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4. Northern Pintail | Audubon Field Guide
Link: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-pintail
Description: Web ResultWidespread across North America, Europe, and Asia, the Northern Pintail is probably one of the most numerous duck species in the world (although outnumbered by the omnipresent Mallard). Slim and long-necked, it has an elegant appearance both on the water and in flight.
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5. Northern Pintail - American Bird Conservancy
Link: https://abcbirds.org/bird/northern-pintail/
Description: Web ResultPintails in Pursuit. The Northern Pintail is one of North America's earliest-nesting duck species, arriving back on its breeding grounds as the last winter ice melts. During courtship, a male swims close to a female with his head down and tail up while making his whistling call.
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6. Pintail | Habitat & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/animal/pintail
Description: Web Resultpintail, any of four species of sleek, long-tailed, long-necked dabbling ducks of the genus Anas (family Anatidae). They are swift fliers and popular game birds . The common , or northern, pintail ( Anas acuta ), widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, is a long-distance flier; some Alaskan birds winter as far away as Hawaii .
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7. Northern Pintail Life History - All About Birds
Link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pintail/lifehistory
Description: Web ResultFrom 2019–2020, hunters took on average 366,000 Northern Pintail per year. Populations appear to fluctuate with drought, decreasing during drought years, and recovering in wetter years. Loss of wetland habitat, cultivation of grasslands, and agricultural practices that destroy nests also affect the population .
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8. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Link: https://www.fws.gov/species/northern-pintail-anas-acuta
Description: Web ResultOften described as elegant or handsome, the northern pintail is known for their long slender neck and long central tail feathers. These ducks migrate earlier than many other species of dabbling ducks reaching the …
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9. Northern Pintail | National Wildlife Federation
Link: https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Northern-Pintail
Description: Web ResultDescription. The pintail, also called the northern pintail, is a fast and graceful flyer that can be recognized by its long, thin neck and slim body. During the breeding season, the male ducks have a brown head, a black bill, and a white chest and neck.
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10. ADW: Anas acuta: INFORMATION
Link: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anas_acuta/
Description: Web ResultSome Pintail even fly all the way to Hawaii to spend the winter. (Gooders, Boyer 1986) Biogeographic Regions; nearctic. native; palearctic. native; oceanic islands. native; Habitat. Pintail are found in marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, canals, and grain fields, such as rice, oats, wheat, and barley. …