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Cinnamon Teal Sounds

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California, June 01, 1993Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
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California, June 06, 1996Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
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California, January 23, 2018Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library

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Songs

No song.

Calls

Males in conflict or courtship make a rattling, low-pitched karr karr karr, and receptive females give a quieter rrrr. Like many female dabbling ducks, Cinnamon Teal females give a short quack and a “decrescendo call,” a relatively brief gack-gack-ga-ga.

Other Sounds

None.

Compare with Similar Species

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Blue-winged Teal

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Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Steller's Eider

Spectacled Eider

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

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