Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Northern Pintail

  FAMILY -               Anatidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Anas acuta acuta

  REFERENCES - 1 and 2

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Transient, present briefly as migrant.                     8
  Winter visitor - migrant.                                  8
  Winter visitor - migrant.                                  3
  Transient, present briefly as migrant.                     3
  Hunted - subsistence or commercial                         7
  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities     7
  Vulnerable in Belize                                       7
  U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty                                 6
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               4
  Orange Walk                                                          5
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Rio Bravo Conservation Area                                                 5
  Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed)      Sighting             Winter Vis       4
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Mussel Creek                         4
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45'           5
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           4
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15'           5
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10'           5
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Subtropical moist                            5
  

  General Distribution Comments

  8* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest.
     Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas.
     Uncommon mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches.
  3* Transient-winter visitor, uncommon in northern hardwood forests and
     coastal savannas.

  References

  1  A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed.
  
  2  A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements.
  
  3  Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of
     Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12.
  
  4  Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and
     Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A.  Report to
     NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society.
  
  5  Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British
     Honduras.  Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U.
  
  6  Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List
     of Migratory Birds.  U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794.
     (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird
     Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711).
  
  7  Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize,
     Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern.  Report to Programme for
     Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
  
  8  Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of
     the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.