Anas bahamensis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 4,218 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 114 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September–March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against about 30% in April–May and July–August, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate White-cheeked Pintail sightings, Galápagos Islands has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Jaragua National Park (Dominican Republic, about 20%) and Lauca National Park (Chile, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-cheeked Pintail is recorded against all the birds logged in Galápagos Islands (4,218 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
