Northern pintail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern pintail lives – recorded in 77 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anas acuta
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	77 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	1.02 kg (male organism, adult weight); 866 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the northern pintail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern pintail in 77 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Brazil, South America, Burkina Faso. In Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a northern pintail?

Wikidata records the following for the northern pintail: mass 1.02 kg (male organism, adult weight); 866 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the northern pintail endangered?

The northern pintail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern pintail?

The northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Anas. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern pintail

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range as far as the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies, although the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern pintail (revision 1368362958), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25450 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).