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Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Elegant dabbling duck (drake: chocolate head, white breast). Migratory winter visitor; feeds on wetland plants and invertebrates in Bay Area estuaries.

Plants that support Northern Pintail

4 plants

Amphibious Bistort

Persicaria amphibia

high

perennial herb

Important staging and wintering food in California wetlands

Bay Area native

Arrow-grass

Triglochin maritima

high

grass

Critical fall migration staging resource in coastal marshes, Sep-Nov

Bay Area native

Cosmopolitan bulrush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

high

perennial herb

Fall and winter; dabbling duck foraging on bulrush seeds in shallow wetlands during migration and wintering

Bay Area native

Pale Galingale

Cyperus eragrostis

high

grass

Fall and winter staging areas in California wetlands, September-March

Bay Area native