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Anas bahamensis (White-cheeked Pintail)

Synonyms: Paecilonetta bahamensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), also known as the Bahama pintail or summer duck, is a species of dabbling duck. It was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name.
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Infraspecies

Anas bahamensis bahamensis (Bahama pintail)
Anas bahamensis galapagensis (Galapagos pintail)
Anas bahamensis rubrirostris (South Bahama pintail)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.34329
EDGE Score: 1.20695
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.168 lbs (530 g)
Birth Weight [2]  34 grams
Diet [3]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  30 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  80 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  20 %
Clutch Size [5]  8
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Incubation [4]  25 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  18 inches (45 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
North, Middle and East Caicos Ramsar Site Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4iii, B4i  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Ruppia maritima (Ditch grass)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Branta bernicla (Brent Goose)1
Brevoortia aurea (Brazilian menhaden)1
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)1
Lagodon rhomboides (Salt-water bream)1
Lepidochelys kempii (Atlantic Ridley, Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cloacotaenia megalops[6]
Fimbriaria fasciolaris[6]
Levinseniella cruzi[6]
Notocotylus breviserialis[6]
Strongyloides minimum <Unverified Name>[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0