Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera

Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera, Male and Female. Photograph taken in the San José del Cabo Rió Lagoon, Baja California Sur, February 2016.

Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera, Male and Female. Photograph taken Alamos, Sonora, December 2019. Photograph and  identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

The Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera, is a member of the Anatidae Family of Ducks, Geese and Waterfowl. They are mid-sized in stature. In Mexico they are found throughout the country with the exception that they are absent from with the Yucatán Peninsula and in the State of Chiapas. They are year found residents of the central plateau and winter visitors to the coastal regions of both the Atlantic and Pacific Slopes at elevations below 4,200 m (13,800 feet). From a conservation perspective the Cinnamon Teal is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in seasonal and permanent freshwater wetland environments including reservoirs, slow moving streams, ditches, and ponds. Their diets consist of a wide variety of gastropods, insects and seeds.