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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Birds - Aves
      - Order - Ducks / Geese - Anseriformes
        
        Family - Swans / Geese / Ducks - Anatidae
        
        Species - Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera

Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5B

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none

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.

General Distribution

Montana Range

Western Hemisphere Range

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 625

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Relative Density

Recency

Breeding
(direct evidence "B")

Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")

No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")

Overwintering
(regular observations "W")

Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

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.

Citation for data on this website:
Cinnamon Teal — Anas cyanoptera. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABNJB10140.aspx