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title: "Rożeniec zwyczajny"
description: "Anas acuta — Ptaki. The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-pintail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rożeniec zwyczajny

> Anas acuta — Ptaki. The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America.

- Scientific name: *Anas acuta*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 68338
- Wikidata: [Q25450](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25450)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6933](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6933)

## Names

- en: Northern Pintail
- de: Spießente
- es: Ánade rabudo
- fr: Canard pilet
- nl: Pijlstaart
- pt: Marreca-arrebio
- pl: Rożeniec zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

US (32908), CA (8543), RU (5056), MX (3073), IN (1777), GB (1715), JP (1692), DE (871), FR (804), TW (795), ES (612), NL (559)

## Summary

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range as far as the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies, although the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species.
The Northern Pintail is a large duck, and the long central tail feathers of the male give the species its English and scientific names. Both sexes have blue-grey bills and grey legs…

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

## Photo

![Rożeniec zwyczajny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-pintail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20733428

## Machine access

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