Northern Pintail

Location/Habitat
A duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies if the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species. It is commonly found on rice fields feeding on the rice.

Appearance
The Northern Pintail is a fairly large duck with a wing chord of 9.3–11.1 inches and wingspan of 31–37 inches. The male is 23–30 inches in length and weighs 0.99–3.00 pounds, and therefore is considerably larger than the female, which is 20–25 in long and weighs 1.001–2.502 pounds. The male has a long tail, hence the name pintail.

Sounds
Male makes wheezy mewing notes and a whistle. Female quacks.