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
Battle of Dachen Archipelago reservoir was completely destroyed and without any fresh water supply readily available, it was nearly impossible to defend the archipelago. On 2 February 1955, the Communist air force bombed the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago. After much debate, the Nationalist government in the Republic of China controlling the Dachen and adjacent archipelagos finally agreed with the Americans to hold out until an evacuation could be carried out by the American Navy in February 1955 to Taiwan more than 200 miles to the south. The decision was made to withdraw on 5 February 1955, and the U.S. Seventh Fleet used 132 boats