Anas acuta

The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of Canada, Alaska and the mid-western United States.

Male & Female in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Non-breeding Males near Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

Taking off at Purbasthali in Burdwan District of West Bengal, India.

Up-ending in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range, as far as the equator. It is highly gregarious outside the breeding season and forms large mixed flocks with other ducks. In the main Hawaiian Islands, a few hundred Koloa mapu winter in shallow wetlands and flooded agricultural habitats. In Kenya they frequent permanent waters, wintering in large numbers on the Rift Valley lakes and in the C and W highlands.

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