Bird name:

Cinnamon Teal

Anas cyanoptera

Order

ANSERIFORMES

Family

Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Code 4

CITE

Code 6

ANACYA

ITIS

175089

Breeding Location:

Marshes, Ponds, shallow

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common to common

Egg Color:

White or pink buff

Number of Eggs:

9 - 12

Incubation Days:

21 - 25

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grass lined with down.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Cinnamon Teal: Small dabbling duck with scaled, dark brown upperparts and cinnaon-brown underparts, head, and neck. Eyes are red and bill is relatively long and dark. Green speculum and pale blue shoulder patch on wing are separated by white line. Female and juvenile are brown-scaled overall with dull blue shoulder patches, dark eyes, and pale edges around upper mandibles. Eclipse male resembles female but has faint cinnamon-brown wash over most of body, red eyes, and dark bill.

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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and Feeding

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

Vocalization

Cinnamon Teal: Gives a thin whistled "peep" or "peer."

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.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Shoulder

The short feathers overlying the median secondary coverts on the top of the wing. They are located near the back and can be seen as the “first row” of feathers on the birds wing. They are also called marginal coverts and lesser secondary coverts.

Speculum

The brightly colored area on the wing (secondaries of the wing) on several duck species.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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