Yellow Billed Pintail

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe, RS • November 2009

Bird name: Yellow Billed Pintail
Latin: Anas georgica
Other: Marreca-parda (Br) • Pato Maicero (Es) • Pato Piquidorado
Family: Anatidae • Ducks

The Yellow Billed Pintail is found in southern Brazil, Paraguay etc. It was the most common duck in the area of Mostardas when I visited in November.

It is a plain duck with yellow bill with small markings and has a white and green/purple speculum (wing “badge”). The only other duck in Brazil with a yellow bill is the smaller Speckled Teal, which has a yellow (not white) stripe in the upper part of its speculum.