Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera

This species was formerly placed in the genus Anas.

The North American race septentrionalium may occasionally occur as a vagrant in western Europe, but as this species frequently escapes from captivity proving a wild origin for birds this side of the Atlantic is inevitably challenging. Other races occur in South America but telling the subspecies apart is not very easy. I don't know what race(s) most captive birds belong to.

The first ones shown below are wild birds in North America, so presumably belonging to the subspecies septentrionalium.

Cinnamon Teal, Limantour Beach (California, USA), 2nd May 2005

Cinnamon Teal, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (British Columbia, Canada), 8th September 2006

Cinnamon Teal, Ramer Lake (California, USA), 22nd April 2005

Of all the birds that have been found in the Uk, this one must have the best credentials for being a wild vagrant from North America. But it did not find favour with the BOURC (the committee that adjudicates on whether or not bird species qualify for inclusing on the British list) and it has not been accepted as being wild.

Cinnamon Teal, Loch Tuamister, Lewis (Outer Hebrides, UK), 16th May 2004

The rest of the birds on this page are captive birds in a wildfowl collection.

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 26th October 2016

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 27th February 2016

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 7th February 2016

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 23rd December 2015

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 17th March 2019

captive Cinnamon Teal, Blakeney quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 7th December 2015