SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS
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Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club         Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert         Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Female at the Caroni Rice Fields, Trinidad, 11 June 2001. Photos © by Floyd Hayes. 1st for T&T. Found by Martyn Kenefick, this bird was present from 9-13 June 2001. Note the unmarked grey bill, plain head lacking a superciliary and long tail, distinguishing it from other potential duck species. The rufous breast colouration can be attributed to adventitious staining while foraging in a forward-leaning posture. Note the distinctly smaller size than that of Fulvous Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) in flight photo at bottom right.