Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusAnas (Mallards, Pintails, and Allies)
- SpeciesAnas acuta (Northern Pintail)
Closest Relatives at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Anas cyanoptera
Spatula cyanoptera
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Redhead
Aythya americana
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Pintail in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Northern Pintail sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 30 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Pintail in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Northern Pintail in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.