#0950 · 🐦 birds

Cinnamon Teal

🇳🇱 Kaneeltaling ·Spatula cyanoptera

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mariano Fernández Kloster · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Peter Chen 2.0 · CC BY 4.0
3. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © dlbowls · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © cjackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Maggie.Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,496iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).