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;[[:Category:Anas|Anas]] bahamensis | ;[[:Category:Anas|Anas]] bahamensis | ||
[[Image:White-cheeked_Pintail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Gallus<br />Photo taken: Trinidad and Tobago.]] | [[Image:White-cheeked_Pintail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Gallus<br />Photo taken: Trinidad and Tobago.]] | ||
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*Dark brown cap and hindneck | *Dark brown cap and hindneck | ||
*White cheek and throat | *White cheek and throat | ||
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*Body feathers mostly dark brown with broad, buffy edges | *Body feathers mostly dark brown with broad, buffy edges | ||
*Green speculum bordered by buff | *Green speculum bordered by buff | ||
− | + | '''Adult Female:''' | |
Slightly duller | Slightly duller | ||
− | ==Distribution | + | ==Distribution== |
+ | [[Caribbean]], [[South America]] and the [[Galápagos Islands]]. | ||
+ | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Three subspecies have what seem to be a disjoint distributions: | Three subspecies have what seem to be a disjoint distributions: | ||
#''bahamensis'' is localy common in the [[Caribbean]], from the [[Greater Antilles]] to northern [[Lesser Antilles]], and additionally in northern [[South America]] | #''bahamensis'' is localy common in the [[Caribbean]], from the [[Greater Antilles]] to northern [[Lesser Antilles]], and additionally in northern [[South America]] | ||
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Wetlands, swamps, and ponds including both freshwater and hypersaline. | Wetlands, swamps, and ponds including both freshwater and hypersaline. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The diet includes aquatic plants and small creatures obtained by dabbling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It nests on the ground under vegetation and near water. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anas+bahamensis}} | {{GSearch|Anas+bahamensis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] |
Revision as of 14:34, 8 August 2008
- Anas bahamensis
Identification
Adult Male:
- Dark brown cap and hindneck
- White cheek and throat
- Steely-grey bill
- Bright red triangle surrounded by black on the side at bill base
- Body feathers mostly dark brown with broad, buffy edges
- Green speculum bordered by buff
Adult Female: Slightly duller
Distribution
Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos Islands.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies have what seem to be a disjoint distributions:
- bahamensis is localy common in the Caribbean, from the Greater Antilles to northern Lesser Antilles, and additionally in northern South America
- rubrirostris is cound in central South America from southern Brazil and Bolivia to Argentina and Chile
- galapagensis is found in the Galapagos Islands.
Habitat
Wetlands, swamps, and ponds including both freshwater and hypersaline.
Behaviour
The diet includes aquatic plants and small creatures obtained by dabbling.
It nests on the ground under vegetation and near water.