The northern pintail, by its scientific name Anas acuta, is a duck that lives all over the world, with the exception of Peru, Chile, Argentina and Antarctica.

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It is a surface duck belonging to the Anatidae family and the order of the Anseriformes.

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This duck is recognizable with its brown head, white neck, light gray and gray wings spotted with white. Its tail is white and black. Its beak is white and black and its legs are black.

In the northern pintail, it is possible to recognize the female from the male. Indeed, the male has a brown head and a gray and white body. The female is very similar to the female of the Mallard duck, one of the only differences being the color of her head.

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The northern pintail feeds mainly on plants, molluscs, crustaceans and insects.

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It lives in rather dense ponds, in marshes and on the banks of rivers.

It nests in pairs, in meadows near a pond, in the grasses. It lays between 6 and 10 eggs.

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It is a fairly silent species.

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On the IUCN conservation status it is: LC Least concern.