Species: Anas cyanoptera
Cinnamon Teal
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anas
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Cerceta Canela, Pato Colorado - Marreca-Colorada - sarcelle cannelle
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Anas - May hybridize in the wild with A. DISCORS (AOU 1998). See Livezey (1991) for a phylogenetic analysis and classification (supergenera, subgenera, infragenera, etc.) of dabbling ducks based on comparative morphology. See Jackson (1991) for information on identification of North American teal.
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - true - true - Northern populations migratory; migrate northward in March- April, southward early in northern fall. Southernmost mainland populations in South America migrate northward for austral winter, as far as Pacific coast of Peru and central Brazil (Madge and Burn 1988).
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Feeds on aquatic plants in shallow water areas; especially on rush seeds, pondweed seeds and leaves, and salt grass seeds. Also eats small amounts of animal food, especially insects and mollusks (Bellrose 1976; Gammonley, 1995, Wilson Bulletin 107:64-72).
Reproduction Comments
Female incubates 9-12, sometimes 6-14, eggs for 21-25 days. Nestlings are precocial and downy. Young are capable of flight in about 7 weeks (Terres 1980).
Ecology Comments
Before breeding season usually seen in single pairs; in fall seen in small family groups.
Length
41
Weight
408
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-21
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-21
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: in North America from southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan, eastern Montana, central North Dakota, southwestern South Dakota, western Nebraska, and central Kansas south to northern Baja California, Jalisco, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, and central Texas. NON-BREEDING: central California, southern Nevada, central Utah, southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and central Texas south regularly to southern Mexico, rarely or casually to Colombia, northern Venezuela, and northern Ecuador. In the U.S., the primary wintering areas are in Texas, and California (Root 1988). RESIDENT: in South America in Colombia (eastern Andes, and Cauca and Magdalena valleys), and from central Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil south to Straits of Magellan (but see GMIGRCOM). Casual in Hawaii, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and in many areas of continental U.S. (AOU 1983).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)