Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
About the Cinnamon Teal
The cinnamon teal (Spatula 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 32 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsrecording
- GarganeySpatula querquedularecording
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.