Pintail stretches its wing. The Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia and across Canada, Alaska and the mid-western United States. The Northern Pintail is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grasslands or tundra, and feeds by dabbling for vegetation mainly in the evening or at night. Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM.