---
title: "Zuid-Amerikaanse pijlstaart"
description: "Anas georgica — Vogels. The yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica) is a South American dabbling duck of the genus Anas with three described subspecies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-billed-pintail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuid-Amerikaanse pijlstaart

> Anas georgica — Vogels. The yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica) is a South American dabbling duck of the genus Anas with three described subspecies.

- Scientific name: *Anas georgica*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 7330
- Wikidata: [Q598302](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598302)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6988](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6988)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Pintail
- de: Spitzschwanzente
- es: Pato maicero
- fr: Canard à queue pointue
- nl: Zuid-Amerikaanse pijlstaart
- pl: Rożeniec żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

AR (4000), CL (1613), EC (425), PE (237), GS (236), BO (216), BR (145), UY (79), CO (40), FR (3)

## Summary

The yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica) is a South American dabbling duck of the genus Anas with three described subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_pintail

## Photo

![Zuid-Amerikaanse pijlstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-pintail/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150850525

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-billed-pintail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).