People are the main predators of adult pintails, but they are also preyed upon by bobcats and coyotes. To avoid predation they take flight.

Farmers, during the process of working in their fields, destroy nests. Crows, magpies, gulls, skunks, ground squirrels, coyotes, foxes, badgers, and raccoons also destroy nests and eat the eggs.

(Bellrose 1980)

Known Predators:

• humans (Homo sapiens)
• bobcats (Lynx rufus)
• coyotes (Canis latrans)
• crows (Corvus)
• magpies (Pica)
• gulls (Laridae)
• striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)
• ground squirrels (Spermophilus)
• red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• badgers (Taxidea taxus)
• raccoons (Procyon lotor)
• Eurasian badgers (Meles meles)
• kit foxes (Vulpes velox)
• skunks (Mephitidae)
• gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• American badgers (Taxidea taxus)