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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]
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 ...
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.
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
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 ...
A. s. leucostigma Rüppell 1845 (pink-billed black duck) A. s. sparsa Eyton 1838 (South African black duck) Anas melleri Sclater 1865 (Meller's duck) EN C2a(ii) Anas undulata Dubois 1839 (yellow-billed duck) LC. A. u. ruppelli Blyth 1855 (northern yellow-billed duck) A. u. undulata Dubois 1839 (southern yellow-billed duck)
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Yellow-billed duck: Iridescent green or blue, bordered white. [ 4 ] Bright wing speculums are also known from a number of other birds ; among them are several parrots from the genus Amazona with red or orange speculums, [ 5 ] though in this case the colors are pigmentary and non-iridescent.