Chilean pintail Chilean pintail The Chilean pintail ("Anas georgica spinicauda"), also known as the golden peck duck or brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail ("Anas georgica"), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. Its local names are "pato jergón grande", "pato maicero" and "pato piquidorado" in Spanish, and "marreca-parda" or "marreca-danada" in Portuguese. The Chilean pintail is one of three subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail, and by far the most numerous and widespread. It is found throughout much of South America from extreme southern Colombia southwards to Tierra del Fuego, as well as in the Falkland Islands. The
The Malay Archipelago discussed Wallace's contributions to the field of island biogeography; "The Spice Islands Voyage" by Tim Severin (1997) that retraced Wallace's travels; and "Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia", by Gavan Daws (1999), which compared the environment described by Wallace with the modern state of the archipelago. "The Malay Archipelago" is considered to be one of the most influential books ever written about the Indonesian islands. It remains a resource for modern authors of works about the region such as the 2014 book "Indonesia Etc", which contains multiple quotations from Wallace's book as well as recommending it as further reading on the