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White-cheeked Pintail
Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Ducks & screamers

White-cheeked Pintail

Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWhite-cheeked Pintail
DutchBahamapijlstaart
SpanishPato gargantilla
Chinese白脸针尾鸭
Sranan Tongodoksi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAnas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), also known as the Bahama pintail, Bahama duck, or Galápagos duck is a species of dabbling duck that is patchily distributed throughout South America and the Caribbean. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under its current scientific name.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnatidae
GenusAnas

In Suriname

388Records in Suriname
4iNaturalist observations
1844First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie58
  • Coronie31
  • Commewijne25
  • Paramaribo3
  • Marowijne2
  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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