_Remarks._--The Pintail has been recorded from Pagan and Guam in the
northern Marianas and from the Palau Islands and is thought to be an
uncommon visitor to Micronesia. At Guam, Flavin (field notes) recorded
one female on October 27, 1945, and three females and two drakes on
January 19, 1946. Marshall (1949:221) saw a flock of fifteen Pintails at
Saipan on February 7, 1945.
=Anas acuta tzitzihoa= Vieillot
Pintail
_Anas tzitzihoa_ Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 5, 1816, p. 163.
(Type locality, Mexico, _ex_ Hernandez.)
_Anas acuta americana_ Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 17
(Jaluit); Schnee, Zool. Jahrbücher, 20, 1904, p. 390 (Marschall
Inseln).
_Anas acuta_ Schnee, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 131 (Marshalls);
Phillips, Nat. Hist. Ducks, 2, 1923, p. 316 (Jaluit).
_Anas acuta tzitzihoa_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p.
206 (Marshall Islands).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northwestern and northcentral North
America. Winters south to West Indies, Panamá, and west to Hawaiian
Islands. In Micronesia: Marshall Islands--Jaluit.
_Remarks._--Reichenow (1901:17) and Schnee (1901:131) reported that
flocks of ducks belonging to this and other American species were
observed in the Marshall Islands in October, 1899, and May, 1900. This
species may winter in the Hawaiian Islands, according to Peters
(1931:167). If so it is not surprising that occasional visitors reach
eastern Micronesia.
=Anas penelope= Linnaeus
Widgeon
_Anas penelope_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126.
(Type locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Anas penelope_ Finsch, Ibis, 1880, pp. 332, 333 (Taluit); Schnee,
Zool. Jahrbücher, 20, 1904, p. 390 (Marschall Inseln); Phillips,
Nat. Hist. Ducks, 2, 1923, p. 175 (Taluit); Hand-list Japanese
Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 206 (Tinian, Yap, Jaluit); Mayr, Birds
Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Micronesia).
_Mareca penelope_ Finsch, Mitth. Ornith. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. 56
(Jaluit); Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. 6,
1890-1891 (1891), p. 71 (Taluit); Finsch, Deut. Ver. zum Schultze
der Vogelwelt, 18, 1893, p. 458 (Marshalls); Kuroda, in Momoyama,
Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 38 (Taluit); Hand-list Japanese Birds,
rev., 1932, p. 185 (Tinian, Yap, Jaluit).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe and Asia.
Winters south to Africa, southern Asia and Philippines; casual to
eastern North America. In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Tinian;
Caroline Islands--Yap; Marshall Islands--Jaluit.
_Remarks._--The Widgeon may be an occasional winter visitor to
Micronesia. The record at Jaluit in the Marshall Islands may be
questioned.
=Anas clypeata= Linnaeus
Shoveller
_Anas clypeata_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 124.
(Type locality, Coasts of Europe, restricted to southern Sweden.)
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