Eaton's Pintail

Eaton's Pintail
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Subfamily:	Anatinae
Genus:	Anas
Species:	A. eatoni
Binomial name
Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875)
Subspecies
A. e. eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) (Kerguelen Pintail) A. e. drygalskii (Reichenow, 1875) (Crozet Pintail)
Synonyms
Dafila eatoni

The Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small female Northern Pintail. It was named after the English explorer and naturalist Alfred Edmund Eaton. It is threatened by introduced species, particularly feral cats, which prey on them.

There are two subspecies: A. eatoni eatoni (Kerguelen Pintail) and A. eatoni drygalskii (Crozet Pintail).

With ducklings, illustration by Keulemans, 1895

References

• BirdLife International (2006). Anas eatoni. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet