Cinnamon Teal Photo Gallery

Male

Breeding males have a deep brownish-red body with a long black bill, red eye, and a black back and rear.

Female

Females and nonbreeding males have a coarsely marked brown body with faint darker eyeline and cap, and a long black bill.

Typically found in shallow freshwater wetlands such as marshes, flooded fields and ditches, ponds, and slow streams.

Male

Occurs in freshwater marshes with emergent vegetation and other types of wetlands.

Male

In flight note the green secondaries and powdery-blue shoulder.

Male and female

Note the plain-faced look on the female and the bright cinnamon-colored male.

Molting male

Males in nonbreeding plumage are more subdued in coloration. Their red eyes help to differentiate them from similar nonbreeding Blue-winged Teal.

Male

In flight shows bright white underwings.

Nonbreeding male

Males have bright powder blue wing patches in breeding and nonbreeding plumages.

Female and chick

Average clutch size ranges from 8–11.