Eaton's pintail
Eaton's pintail (Anas eatoni) is a flightless[2] dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is also known as the southern pintail.[3] The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small female northern pintail. It was named after the English explorer and naturalist Alfred Edwin Eaton.[4] It is threatened by introduced species, particularly feral cats, which prey on it.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anas |
| Species: | A. eatoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) | |
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Dafila eatoni | |
There are two subspecies: A. eatoni eatoni (Kerguelen pintail) and A. eatoni drygalskii (Crozet pintail).
With ducklings, illustration by Keulemans, 1895
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Anas eatoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680306A92854679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680306A92854679.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- E Buffard: Anti-predator behaviour of flightless Kerguelen Pintail Anas eatoni moulting in a cave on the Kerguelen archipelago
- del Hoyo, J., Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2017). Southern Pintail (Anas eatoni). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/467126 on 24 July 2017).
- Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 115–116.
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