Taxonomic Information
Common Name(s): Asian Pintail, Grizzled Pintail
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This common species has been recorded so far from Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Delhi NCR, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Himachal Pradesh, and Assam within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 10 |
Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F. & Dow, R.A. 2018. Acisoma panorpoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T56259873A56260502. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T56259873A56260502.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842 – Trumpet-Tail. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/acisoma-panorpoides, accessed 2026/04/12.








