Yellow-billed Pintail

Anas georgica - Canard à queue pointue

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anas

  • Species
    :

    georgica

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 65 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 460 à 827 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard à queue pointue
adult
Canard à queue pointue
adult

Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Anas georgica georgica (South Georgia Is.)
  • Anas georgica niceforoi (ec Colombia)
  • Anas georgica spinicauda (s Colombia to s Argentina and s Chile, Falkland Is.)

Foreign names

  • Canard à queue pointue,
  • Ánade maicero,
  • arrabio-de-bico-amarelo,
  • Spitzschwanzente,
  • déli-georgiai nyílfarkúréce,
  • Zuid-Amerikaanse Pijlstaart,
  • Codone beccogiallo,
  • gulnäbbad stjärtand,
  • Spisshaleand,
  • kačica jazerná,
  • ostralka žlutozobá,
  • Sydlig Spidsand,
  • suippopyrstösorsa,
  • ànec de Gmelin,
  • rożeniec żółtodzioby,
  • Желтоклювая шилохвость,
  • キバシオナガガモ,
  • 黄嘴针尾鸭,
  • 黃嘴針尾鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard à queue pointue
adult

Habitat

Canard à queue pointue
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Canard à queue pointue
published: - Updated: 22-12-2023
© 1996-2024 Oiseaux.net