Spatula cyanoptera
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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.
The adult male has a cinnamon-red head and body with a brown back, a red eye and a dark bill. The adult female has a mottled brown body, a pale brown head, brown eyes and a grey bill and is very similar in appearance to a female blue-winged teal; however, its overall color is richer, the lores, eye line, and eye ring are less distinct. Its bill is longer and more spatulate. Male juvenile resembles a female cinnamon or blue-winged teal but their eyes are red. They are 16 in (41 cm) long, have a 22-inch (560 mm) wingspan, and weigh 14 oz (400 g). They have 2 adult molts per year and a third molt in their first year.
Their breeding habitat is marshes and ponds in western United States and extreme southwestern Canada, and are rare visitors to the eastern United States. One young male duck was spotted in Grimsby, Ontario, and became a tourist attraction due to its rarity outside of western... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 7 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 11 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 16 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 17 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Ciudad Juárez | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SeaWorld Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Zürich Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 4 | Dresden Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Jihlava Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 6 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Cape May County Park & Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Paignton Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 11 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Bioparque Educativo Quillón | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 14 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 15 | Van Blanckendaell Park | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 16 | Discovery Cove | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Queens Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Zoologischer Garten Halle | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 19 | Zoológico de Concepción | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 20 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 21 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | The Wildlife Habitat | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 24 | Domaine des Oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 25 | The Mirage Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Teal sighting in Elk Island National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 127th most-seen of the 161 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Teal in Elk Island National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Teal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Cinnamon Teal sightings, Elk Island National Park ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Channel Islands National Park (United States, about 20%), El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%) and Yellowstone National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same genus: Spatula
The closest relatives of the Cinnamon Teal that you can see in Elk Island National Park (genus Spatula, Shovelers and Allies) are Blue-winged Teal (about 60%) and Northern Shoveler (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in Elk Island National Park (27 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
