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The South Georgia pintail (Anas georgica georgica), also misleadingly known as the South Georgian teal, [2] is the nominate subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae.
The nominate and smallest subspecies, the South Georgia pintail A. g. georgica, is thought to number between 1000 and 1500 pairs and is found only in South Georgia. The Chilean, or brown, pintail A. g. spinicauda is widespread on the South American mainland from extreme southern Colombia southwards, as well as in the Falkland Islands, and ...
South Georgia is a breeding ground for elephant seals, [13] fur seals, [14] [15] and king penguins. The island is home to the South Georgia pintail and the South Georgia pipit, which are endemic to the island. [16] There are 25 native vascular plants on South Georgia, and 76 non-native species have been recorded. [17] [18]
White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), from the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos; 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
Ducks, the South Georgia pintail and Eaton's pintail, inhabit South Georgia, Kerguelen and Crozet. [ 13 ] The flightless penguins are almost all located in the Southern Hemisphere (the only exception is the equatorial Galapagos penguin ), with the greatest concentration located on and around Antarctica.
Murphy, Robert Cushman – The Penguins of South Georgia. Ovstedal, DO and RI Lewis Smith – Lichens of Antarctica and South Georgia: A Guide to Their Identification and Ecology. Poncet, Sally and Crosbie, Kim. A visitor's guide to South Georgia : the essential guide for any visitor. (2nd edition ed.). Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0691156583.
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A. e. drygalskii Reichenow 1904 (Crozet Islands pintail) A. e. eatoni (Sharpe 1875) (Kerguelen Islands pintail) Anas georgica Gmelin 1789 (yellow-billed pintail) LC. A. g. georgica Gmelin 1789 (South Georgia pintail) †A. g. niceforoi Wetmore & Borrero 1946 (Niceforo's pintail) A. g. spinicauda Vieillot 1816 (Chilean yellow-billed pintail)