Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera
General Description
Small dabbling duck. Sexes dimorphic in size and plumage. Both sexes have bright blue upperwing-coverts; wings lined white. Male breeding plumage bright rusty plumage on head, neck, and underparts; female mostly brown on upperparts with dark streaks on underparts. Males in basic plumage very similar to females.
Distribution
Montana Range
Observations in Montana: 537
Montana CountiesBeaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone
Migration
In the Bozeman area the migration period is April 20 to May 30 in spring, with no discernable movement in fall. The peak in spring occurs around May 15 (Skaar 1969).
Habitat
Species prefers wetlands including large marsh systems, natural basins, reservoirs, sluggish streams, ditches, and stock ponds. Well-developed basins with emergent vegitation common habitat.
Food Habits
Species omnivorous; diet consists of seeds and aquatic vegetation, aquatic and semi- terrestrial insects, snails, and zooplankton.
Reproductive Characteristics
Single brooded species with 7-12 eggs per brood. Incubation period 21-25 days. Young able to fly 49 days after hatch.