Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Anas

Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bishtagjeli; bishtrra; rosa bishtgjele sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Шилоопашата патица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: spidsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: pijlstaart

English: northern pintail; pintail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Northern Pintail; Pintail sources: Charles Hussey

French: canard pilet sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: biorearrach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Biorearrach

German: Spießente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ψαλίδα του Βορρά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Biorearrach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): ברווז חד-זנב sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: codone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: smailiauodegė antis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stjertand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 126

Norwegian Nynorsk: stjertand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 126

Nynorsk (Norwegian): stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czuprynka; rożeniec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: raţa suliţar; raţă suliţar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или острохвост; или шилень; или шилохвостка; шилохвость sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: biorearrach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: dolgorepa raca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ánade rabudo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: stjärtand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kilkuyruk; kılkuyruk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Шилохвіст sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden lostfain

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (895 publications)
GenBank (237 nucleotides; 101 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158939

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96504