The White-cheeked Pintail is a duck with conspicuous white cheeks and orange at the base of its bill. It uses coastal lagoons and mangroves.
The male has white from the cheeks down to the throat and bright orange at the base of the bill. The female is similar but duller.
It uses coastal lagoons, estuaries, mangroves, and saline or brackish pools, and feeds on aquatic plants and grasses. It may also eat aquatic invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.