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
perennial herb
Important staging and wintering food in California wetlands
Bay Area native
Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima
grass
Critical fall migration staging resource in coastal marshes, Sep-Nov
Bay Area native
Cosmopolitan bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
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
grass
Fall and winter staging areas in California wetlands, September-March
Bay Area native