Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Yellow-billed Pintail - Historic records

Order: - Family: Anatidae

11-02-17 © Sergio Cusano
10-02-17 © Liliana H. Rodríguez

The black line extending beyond the eye remembers the slanted eye of Asian people. The yellow-billed pintail lacks this line. This is one of the characteristics which tell apart these two confusables.

09-02-17 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
08-09-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian
08-09-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian
08-09-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian
18-08-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías
23-03-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Two ducks which make beginners doubt. Since they are together, let's see the differences in head and neck.
Yellow-billed Teal has all its head dark brown. Short and robust neck. The eye is crossed by a black line which resembles a slanted eye.
Yellow-billed Pintail has reddish cinnamon crown and face and neck whitish. Slimmer and longer neck.

21-03-15 © Sergio Cusano
17-03-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

And the yellow-billed pintails are back, too. A very common duck at the reserve and almost last to arrive now that the pond is with water. There is another absentee the cinnamon teal. On the left a silver teal

17-03-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

A yellow-billed pintail with a pair of yellow-billed teals, two species that lead to confusion

23-10-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz
01-09-07 © Roberto Ares
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