Anas bahamensis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), also known as the Bahama pintail, Bahama duck, or Galápagos duck is a species of dabbling duck that is patchily distributed throughout South America and the Caribbean. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under its current scientific name.
The white-cheeked pintail was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Anas bahamensis. Linnaeus based his account on the "Ilathera duck" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby in the first volume of his book The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands that was published between 1729 and 1732.
Three subspecies are accepted: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 3 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 4 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail in Santiago on a given day, against under 5% in March–August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Santiago's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 65 mm in June.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-cheeked Pintail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate White-cheeked Pintail sightings, Santiago ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 40%), Lima (Peru, about 20%) and Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%).
Same genus: Anas
The closest relatives of the White-cheeked Pintail that you can see in Santiago (genus Anas, Mallards, Pintails, and Allies) are Yellow-billed Pintail (about 10%) and Speckled Teal (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-cheeked Pintail is recorded against all the birds logged in Santiago (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
