cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium) Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium drake (male)
Description
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera, Los Osos (Cuesta by the Sea Inlet), Morro Bay, CA, March 29, 2007.
Date 30 March 2007
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/440142183/in/set-72157594248796101/
Author mikebaird
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The cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) is a species of duck found in western North and South America. It is a small dabbling duck, with bright reddish plumage on the male and duller brown plumage on the female. It lives in marshes and ponds, and feeds mostly on plants. The cinnamon teal is a member of the genus Anas, the largest genus of dabbling ducks. They are known to interbreed with blue-winged teals, which are very close relatives. Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae, Subfamily: Anatinae, Genus: Anas, Species: Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816.
Subspecies:
Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium (Oberholser, 1906) northern cinnamon teal breeds from British Columbia to northwestern New Mexico, and they winter in northwestern South America.
Anas cyanoptera tropica (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) tropical cinnamon teal occurs in the Cauca Valley and Magdalena Valley in Colombia.
Anas cyanoptera borreroi (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) Borrero's cinnamon teal (possibly extinct) occurs in the eastern Andes of Colombia with records of apparently resident birds from northern Ecuador. It is named for Colombian ornithologist José Ignacio Borrero.
Anas cyanoptera orinoma (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) Andean cinnamon teal occurs in the Altiplano of Peru, northern Chile and Bolivia.
Anas cyanoptera cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1816) Argentine cinnamon teal occurs in southern Peru, southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.