Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Anas

Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bishtagjeli; bishtrra; rosa bishtgjele sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Шилоопашата патица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: spidsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: pijlstaart

English: northern pintail; pintail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: canard pilet sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Spießente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ψαλίδα του Βορρά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: ברווז חד-זנב sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: codone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: オナガガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: smailiauodegė antis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: stjertand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czuprynka; rożeniec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: raţa suliţar; raţă suliţar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или острохвост; или шилень; или шилохвостка; шилохвость sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: biorearrach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: dolgorepa raca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ánade rabudo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: stjärtand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kilkuyruk; kılkuyruk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Шилохвіст sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden lostfain

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.