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The duck has long been recognised as a distinct taxon, with its affinities previously considered to be with the teals. Robert Cushman Murphy was the first to demonstrate that it is a pintail, its closest relatives the yellow-billed pintails of South America (now split as the Chilean pintail A. g. spinicauda and the extinct Niceforo's pintail A. g. niceforoi), [5] though he retained it as a ...
Hunting seasons for the yellow-billed duck are planned so as not to overlap with the breeding season, which is around July. However, the exact breeding season varies annually based on the climate. [7] Hunting is a major cause of death for the yellow-billed duck with past analysis showing over 25% of duck deaths were due to shooting. [3]
Yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica), found from southern Colombia to South Georgia; South Georgia pintail (Anas georgica georgica), the nominate race of the yellow-billed pintail; Eaton's pintail (Anas eatoni), from the islands of Kerguelen and Crozet
The Chilean pintail (Anas georgica spinicauda), also known as the golden peck duck or brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. Its local names are pato jergón grande, pato maicero and pato piquidorado in Spanish, and marreca-parda or marreca-danada in Portuguese.
American black duck: Iridescent violet bordered in black and may have a thin white trailing edge. [1] Northern pintail: Iridescent green in male and brown in female, both are white on trailing edge. [2] Gadwall: Both sexes have white inner secondaries. [1] Yellow-billed duck: Iridescent green or blue, bordered white. [4]
Yellow-billed duck; Yellow-billed pintail; Yellow-billed teal This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 14:29 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Groove-billed ani, occurs in farmland in the north of Chile. Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae. The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Four species have been recorded in Chile. Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani (V)
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.