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
Guayaneco Archipelago Guayaneco Archipelago The Guayaneco Archipelago () is an archipelago in southern Chile. It was heavily glaciated during the most recent ice age. These glaciers dissected these mountain islands into a series of deep river valleys and glacial troughs. Today these glacial troughs are deep channels and fjords. The islands of the Guayaneco Archipelago comprise a series of elongated islands and deep bays that are the traces of a drowned coastal range. A number of deep channels are traversing generally north to south through the islands. These include the Messier Channel in the lower left portion of the image, and the