- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold cinnamon teal, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the cinnamon teal
The cinnamon teal is a small dabbling duck of western North and South America. The male is a bright cinnamon-red with a brown back and red eye, while the female is mottled brown and closely resembles a female blue-winged teal. About 41 cm long, it breeds in marshes and ponds in the western United States and extreme southwestern Canada, and most winter in northern South America and the Caribbean. It feeds mostly on plants, taking seeds, aquatic fly larvae and snails near the surface. Clutches contain 4 to 16 creamy white eggs, and pairs generally form anew each year.
Cinnamon Teal facts
- It can interbreed with the closely related blue-winged teal.
- One Andean subspecies lives at elevations of 3500 to 4600 metres.
- Clutches can hold anywhere from 4 to 16 eggs.
- It sometimes feeds in tight groups like northern shovelers, following each other across the water.
Where to see cinnamon teal in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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Oregon· 1
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