Pintail
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Pintail may refer to:
A group of dabbling ducks containing:
In other birds:
In other uses:
A group of dabbling ducks containing:
- Northern PintailNorthern PintailThe Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
(Anas acuta), sometimes called the pintail, the most common pintail species - White-cheeked PintailWhite-cheeked PintailThe White cheeked Pintail or Bahama Pintail is a dabbling duck of the Caribbean, South America, and the Galápagos Islands....
(Anas bahamensis), from the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos - Yellow-billed PintailYellow-billed PintailThe Yellow-billed Pintail is a South American dabbling duck of the genus Anas with three described subspecies.-Description:...
(Anas georgica), found from southern Colombia to South Georgia - South Georgia PintailSouth Georgia PintailThe South Georgia Pintail , also misleadingly known as the South Georgian Teal, is the nominate subspecies of the Yellow-billed Pintail , a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae...
, (Anas georgica georgica), the nominate race of the Yellow-billed Pintail - Eaton's PintailEaton's PintailThe Eaton's Pintail is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small female Northern Pintail. It was named after the English explorer and naturalist Alfred Edmund Eaton...
(Anas eatoni), from the islands of Kerguelen and CrozetCrozet IslandsThe Crozet Islands are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.-Geography:... - Silver Bahama PintailSilver Bahama PintailThe Silver Bahama Pintail is a fairly large duck. Females-slightly duller feather color, having a lighter colored bill. Males have brighter colored feathers and a bill...
(Ana bahamernisis), Fairly large duck, Both male and female have white cheeks and throats, the rest of the body is light brown feet and legs are gray.
In other birds:
- Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura), a small stocky wader
In other uses:
- Fairey PintailFairey Pintail|-See also:-External links:*...
, a British single-engined floatplane fighter - Pintail IslandPintail IslandPintail Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet.The island is approximately from the Inuit hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet....
, Nunavut, Canada - USS Pintail (AMc-17)USS Pintail (AMc-17)USS Pintail was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing....
, a U.S. Navy minesweeper - Pintail Duck, a member of Disney's Duck family