Anas bahamensis
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In 3 days ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail sighting in Los Haitises National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 106 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-cheeked Pintail in Los Haitises National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–June, 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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate White-cheeked Pintail sightings, Los Haitises National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 40%), Jaragua National Park (Dominican Republic, about 20%) and Lauca National Park (Chile, under 5%).
Same family: Anatidae
The closest relatives of the White-cheeked Pintail that you can see in Los Haitises National Park (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are West Indian Whistling-Duck (about 20%) and Muscovy Duck (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 Los Haitises National Park (12 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.
