Order: Anseriformes | Family: Anatidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Humedales de Ventanilla
Age: Adults | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Villa Marshes, Lima
Age: Adult and Chicks | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Ventanilla, Lima
Age: Adults | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Villa Marshes, Lima
Status: The White-cheeked Pintail is largely restricted to the coastal lowlands where it is the most common duck. It is also local in the department of Amazonas at an elevation of about 2000 m. Records of this species in high Andean lakes appear to be on the rise.
Name in Spanish: Pato Gargantillo.
Sub-species: White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis rubrirostris) Vieillot, 1816.
Meaning of Name: Anas: L. duck. bahamensis = referring to the Bahamas islands, originating in the Bahamas.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.