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 Vatnajokull National Park
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
📅 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 Vatnajokull National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Northern Pintail sighting in Vatnajokull National Park, based on 303 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Pintail in Vatnajokull National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Northern Pintail in Vatnajokull National Park in our monthly data.