Eaton's pintail

Eaton's pintail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Genus: Anas
Species: A. eatoni
Binomial name
Anas eatoni
(Sharpe, 1875)
Subspecies
  • A. e. eatoni (Sharpe, 1875)
    (Kerguelen pintail)
  • A. e. drygalskii (Reichenow, 1875)
    (Crozet pintail)
Synonyms

Dafila eatoni

The Eaton's pintail (Anas eatoni) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. 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 Edmund Eaton.[2] It is threatened by introduced species, particularly feral cats, which prey on it.

There are two subspecies: A. eatoni eatoni (Kerguelen pintail) and A. eatoni drygalskii (Crozet pintail).

With ducklings, illustration by Keulemans, 1895

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Anas eatoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Beolens, 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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