Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

88,832Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

117Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan15,627

Feb11,759

Mar11,467

Apr5,856

May1,782

Jun499

Jul431

Aug1,445

Sep8,237

Oct11,715

Nov9,858

Dec9,887

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	8,914
2	Suffolk	England	5,869
3	Norfolk	England	4,700
4	Rutland	England	4,385
5	Lincolnshire	England	3,849
6	Gloucestershire	England	3,563
7	Kent	England	2,862
8	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,400
9	Essex	England	2,396
10	Somerset	England	1,759
11	Oxfordshire	England	1,726
12	Devon	England	1,535
13	Portsmouth	England	1,314
14	Thurrock	England	1,132
15	Dorset	England	1,011

82,619 England4,231 Scotland1,843 Wales121 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 88,832
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 117
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Anas acuta
Also known as: Pintail
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 36,100
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Essex, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Devon +48
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Name with authority: Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 25