plural pintail or pintails
: a bird having elongated central tail feathers
especially
: a slender long-necked duck (Anas acuta) of the northern hemisphere with the breeding male having a brown head, a white breast with a white line continuing up the side of the neck, chiefly gray upperparts, and a long black tail and with the female having chiefly mottled brown plumage
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In recent years, some hunters have been frustrated by the restrictive bag limit while encountering numerous pintails in the field.
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Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 23 May 2024
Canvasback Duck Distribution Unlike pintails, widgeon, and green-wing teal, canvasback ducks are almost exclusively a bird of North America, found in all four flyways.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
Other interesting sightings were nine Northern pintails at the Monomoy Connector Beach, a hooded merganser at the Pogorelc Sanctuary in West Barnstable, a black skimmer at Menauhant Beach in Falmouth, and a white-eyed vireo at The Knob in Falmouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
The daily bag limit in each zone can include no more than four mallards (of which two may be hens), three wood ducks, two canvasbacks, two redheads, two black ducks and one pintail.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
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Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 23 May 2024
Canvasback Duck Distribution Unlike pintails, widgeon, and green-wing teal, canvasback ducks are almost exclusively a bird of North America, found in all four flyways.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
Other interesting sightings were nine Northern pintails at the Monomoy Connector Beach, a hooded merganser at the Pogorelc Sanctuary in West Barnstable, a black skimmer at Menauhant Beach in Falmouth, and a white-eyed vireo at The Knob in Falmouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
The daily bag limit in each zone can include no more than four mallards (of which two may be hens), three wood ducks, two canvasbacks, two redheads, two black ducks and one pintail.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
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“Pintail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pintail. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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pintail
noun
pin·tail
ˈpin-ˌtāl 
plural pintail or pintails
: a bird (as a duck or grouse) with long central tail feathers
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