Avibase: Anas georgica (Yellow-billed Pintail)

Yellow-billed Pintail

Anas georgica Gmelin, JF 1789

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-billed Pintail (South Georgia) - Anas georgica georgica	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-18	Fortuna Bay--Whistle Cove, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	417014821 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Ignacio Escobar Gutiérrez	2021-02-28	Laguna Batuco, Lampa, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, Chacabuco (Chile)	-	313109591 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail (South American) - Anas georgica spinicauda/niceforoi	Jérémy Calvo	2024-01-10	, Lago Argentino (Argentina)	-	613421084 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica spinicauda	Bernabe Lopez-Lanus	??-??-yyyy	Fazenda Centaurus, Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Argentina (Argentina) (? m)	Alarm call (A) -	48335 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Ignacio Escobar	2022-03-13	Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro, O'Higgins, Cardenal Caro (Chile) (0 m)	call, duet, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	718706 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica spinicauda	John V. Moore	2000-10-00	Napo: Laguna Papallacta, Napo (Ecuador) (3350 m)	flight calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	257284 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail (South Georgia) - Anas georgica georgica	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-12	Cooper Bay, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	- Small groups of 4-10 foraging in the grasses, with about one bird per group vocalizing. Family groups or birds with groups of potential mates? Possibly also just sentries for the others. Distant wails are Antarctic Fur-Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Recording has been altered to remove background noise / excessive noise from surroundings.	416451741 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Andrew Spencer	18-11-2009	Ondores, Junin, Junín (Peru) (4100 m)	call (A) -	45883 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Natacha González	2022-09-24	, Penco (Chile)	-	488452101 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Ignacio Escobar Gutiérrez	2021-02-28	Laguna Batuco, Lampa, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, Chacabuco (Chile)	-	313109581 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Niels Krabbe	22-03-2009	Laguna Runtuyoc, Jujuy, Jujuy (Argentina) (3500 m)	flight calls of 2 birds (A) - Tape ref. A 70-71	32169 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2021-11-09	Mostardas, Rio Grande do Sul, Mostardas (Brazil) (10 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	686844 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Leandro Corrêa	2022-08-06	, Santa Catarina (Brazil)	-	475879051 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Ignacio Escobar	2022-03-13	Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro, O'Higgins, Cardenal Caro (Chile) (0 m)	call, duet, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	718708 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica spinicauda	John V. Moore	2000-10-00	Napo: Laguna Papallacta, Napo (Ecuador) (3350 m)	flight calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Single bird. Last part looped once playback-used:no	257285 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Peter Boesman	2008-08-01	Junin Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 535 side A track 62 seq. A)	218554 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Dante Buzzetti	1997-05-03	Canyon Fortaleza, Cambará do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Cambará do Sul (Brazil) (1050 m)	call - DCB 165-4	890962 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica spinicauda	Niels Krabbe	22-03-2009	Laguna Runtuyoc, Jujuy, Jujuy (Argentina) (3500 m)	flight calls (B) - Tape ref. B 667	32168 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Bernabe Lopez-Lanus	07-05-07	Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Brazil) (? m)	call (B) - From Birds Sounds of Southern South America by Lopez-Lanus (2008)	51720 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Élder Olave	2026-05-09	, Cusco (Peru)	-	658337329 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Peter Boesman	2008-08-01	Junin Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 535 side A track 56 seq. A)	218552 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica georgica	Barry Edmonston	2019-02-21	Grytviken, South Georgia Islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) (0 m)	call, female - Soft clucking calls of a female with a one small duckling (about 12 cm size and with downy feathers) paddling in a small stream that flows from nearby glaciers through the abandoned Grytviken whaling station. I edited the recording modestly to remove stream noise. The female calls can be heard throughout the recording. The female and duckling were about 4 meters away moving slowly toward the harbour. It is a sunny afternoon with temperatures of about 2 to 3 centigrade. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	468967 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Felix Vidoz	?-10-92	PN Lago Puelo, Chubut, Chubut (Argentina) (? m)	call (B) - From Birds Sounds of Southern South America by Lopez-Lanus (2008)	53477 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica	Noelia Cáceres	2026-02-12	, Lampa (Chile)	-	651137944 macaulaylibrary.org

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