Southern Pintail (Anas eatoni)

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
40 - 45 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1875)

Habitat
Inland wetlands, including freshwater marshes, lakes, bogs, swamps, fens, peatlands. Also rocky shorelines, tidepools and coastal inshore waters.

Range (Guide)

French Southern Territories (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Antarctica.

Kerguelen and Crozet islands, French Southern Territories.

Population
Estimated population is 31,000 - 41,400 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Formerly much hunted, today introduced predators, feral cats, brown rats, are the greatest threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni) [XC623840]
by \u00c9mile Brisson-Curadeau from Port-aux-Fran\u00e7ais, France (call, flight call)

Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni) [XC629660]
by id from Port-aux-Fran\u00e7ais, France (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

drygalskii Reichenow, 1904 - Crozet Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).
eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) - Kerguelen Islands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Southern Pintail (Anas eatoni) - 10 files

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