Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Northern pintail - male

Northern pintail

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Feb 2021 at 19:23:39 (UTC)

Original – Per file description [1]: An adult male northern pintail (Anas acuta) at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Chico in Butte County, California, November 2020.

Reason: High quality image of an adult male, FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Northern pintail
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Frank Schulenburg

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 19:23, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 20:16, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. ScienceFan66 (talk) 17:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Janke | Talk 19:19, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I have no concerns about image quality but it's used in its article in the middle of what is effectively a large image gallery, rather than being the lead image or being called out in the text as illustrating an important aspect of the subject. Is there enough EV? —David Eppstein (talk) 20:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The physical attributes of the male are in the description section, near the image on my display (black striped feathers, brown head, white-striped neck, black tail, blue bill, white breast, yellow vent). Ref 12 (at the end of the paragraph) describes the forward swimming posture, so I added a sentence on that. About lead position or placement: being a lead image isn't a requirement, or always best or possible (juvenile, breeding, etc). Repositioning images in established articles can be controversial. This is a featured article, so I think some thought has gone into the depictions and article watchers would take care of repositioning and improvements if/when necessaey. On a sidenote, I think this image meets the "eye-catching" part of the instructions on top of this page, which IMO is a bonus. Bammesk (talk) 02:09, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support OK to have the pair as the lead image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:33, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Gerald WL 10:30, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Male northern pintail at Llano Seco.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:01, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]