White-cheeked Pintail

White-cheeked Pintail

Taxobox
name = White-cheeked Pintail
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref =IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47201|title=Anas bahamensis|downloaded=9 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]


image_caption =Anas bahamensis galapagensis
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Anas"
species = "A. bahamensis"
binomial = "Anas bahamensis"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision =
* "A. b. bahamensis"
* "A. b. galapagensis"
* "A. b. rubirostris"The White cheeked Pintail or Bahama Pintail ("Anas bahamensis") is a dabbling duck of the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos Islands.cite book | last =Madge | first =Steve | coauthors= Burn, Hilary|title = Wildfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World (Helm Identification Guides) | year = 1988| publisher = Christopher Helm|pages =224-225| isbn = 0-7470-2201-1]

This species was first described by Linnaeus in his "Systema naturae" in 1758 under its current scientific name. [la icon cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=C | authorlink=Carolus Linnaeus | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. EditioA. rostri extremo dilatato rotundato, ongue incurvo. decima, reformata. | publisher=Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). | date=1758| quote = A. grisea, rostro plumbeo: macula laterali fulva, macula alarum viridi luteaque.|pages=124] There are three races: "A. b. bahamensis" in the Caribbean, "A. b. galapagensis" on the Galapagos, and the slightly larger "A. b. rubirostris" in South America. The latter race may be partially migratory, breeding in Argentina and wintering further north.

Like many southern ducks, the sexes are similar. It is mainly brown with white cheeks and a red-based grey bill (young birds lack the pink). It cannot be confused with any other duck in its range.

This species occurs on waters with a degree of salinity, such as brackish lakes, estuaries and mangrove swamps.

The White-cheeked Pintail feeds on aquatic plants and small creatures obtained by dabbling. The nest is on the ground under vegetation and near water.

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