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Northern Pintail
Anas acuta · Family Anatidae
Anas acuta
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,213,523
- Countries and territories with records
- 196
About this species
This species has 4,213,523 occurrence records from 196 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (56.8%), Canada (11.4%), Sweden (6.7%), the Netherlands (4.4%) and Denmark (3.1%); together they account for 82.3% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anas acuta combines the genus name Anas with the species epithet acuta. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Anas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca and Anas rubripes.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 3.3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.