针尾鸭又名尖尾鸭、长尾凫、长闹、拖枪鸭、中鸭。

在各种内陆河流、湖泊、低洼湿地都可以见到他们的身影，在开阔的沿海地带，如空旷的海湾海港等地常能够见到数百只的集群。

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies if the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to be a separate species.