Northern Pintail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Anas acuta
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Common Pintail, Pintail
Habitat : large rive Lakes, coastal lagoons and marshes with aquatic vegetation.
Description : The Northern Pintail is a sleek duck with a long neck (adult bird length approximately 55 cm, weight 700 g, wing 26 cm, bill 5.2 cm, tarsus 4 cm, tail 19 cm). Its male has a pointed tail and is visibly different from the female. The breeding male has a chocolate colored head and neck. It feeds on aquatic plants and vegetation growing on the bank. It also takes aquatic invertebrates
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Anser indicus
(Bar‑headed Goose) -
Mergus merganser
(Common Merganser) -
Aythya nyroca
(Ferruginous Duck) -
Asarcornis scutulata
(White‑winged Duck) -
Aythya ferina
(Common Pochard) -
Aythya marila
(Greater Scaup) -
Mergus serrator
(Red-breasted Merganser) -
Aythya baeri
(Baer's Pochard) -
Anas crecca
(Common Teal) -
Anser erythropus
(Lesser White-fronted Goose)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Misbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.