While all puddle duck numbers fluctuate along with wet and dry years on the prairies, pintail breeding populations stood around 9 million in the 1950s and at last count had dropped to just under 2 ...

No other dabbling duck upends as much and the pigtail is able to trawl the mud on the lake or estuary bed for small invertebrates. The pintail is a candidate for the world's commonest duck with an ...