NORTHERN PINTAIL

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

943           NORTHERN PINTAIL          Anas acuta

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)           670

Found in coastal wetlands, farmlands, reservoirs. 50-65 cm. Breeds Eurasia, North America; migrates to Africa, China, Central America. First record in Australia, Chandala Swamp, NE of Perth, WA 1985, other records since.