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Cinnamon Teal

Anas cyanopteraOrder: ANSERIFORMESFamily: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)
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Overview

Cinnamon Teal: Small dabbling duck, scaled, dark brown upperparts, cinnaon-brown underparts, head, neck. Eyes are red and bill is relatively long and dark. Green speculum, pale blue shoulder patch on wing are separated by white line. Yellow-gray legs. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Range and Habitat

Cinnamon Teal: Breeds in western U.S. near Great Salt Lake, Malheur Basin, San Luis Valley, and Cariboo-Chilcotin parklands and winters in Mexico and Central America. Preferred habitats include marshes and shallow ponds.

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Voice Text

"peep", "peer"

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Family Surface-feeding Duck (Anatidae)_blue
Species Anas cyanoptera
Length14 - 17 Inches
Wingspan27 Inches

Cinnamon Teal

Cinnamon Teal: Small dabbling duck, scaled, dark brown upperparts, cinnaon-brown underparts, head, neck. Eyes are red and bill is relatively long and dark. Green speculum, pale blue shoulder patch on wing are separated by white line. Yellow-gray legs. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "peep", "peer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Cinnamon Teal: Diet includes seeds, aquatic plants, snails, and insects; forages by skimming water with bill or dabbling below surface.

● Breeding & nesting: Cinnamon Teal: Nine to twelve white or pink buff eggs are laid in a shallow cup of grass lined with down. Nest is built by the female and usually hidden in tall vegetation 100 feet or more from water. Incubation ranges from 21 to 25 days and is carried out by the female. Young fly in about 49 days.

● Similar species: Cinnamon Teal: Male is unmistakable. Immature and eclipse male look similar to female Green-winged Teal, but have richer brown body, red-orange eyes, and less distinct eye-stripe.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Cinnamon Teal Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Cinnamon Teal: Breeds in western U.S. near Great Salt Lake, Malheur Basin, San Luis Valley, and Cariboo-Chilcotin parklands and winters in Mexico and Central America. Preferred habitats include marshes and shallow ponds.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationMigratory
Weight14.4 Ounces