CINNAMON TEAL 

 ( Anas cyanoptera ) 



[FR: Sarcelle cannelle, GE: Zlrapente , SP: Pato Colorado] 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION 



The Cinnamon Teal Is primarily a South American species, with one subspe- 

 cies extending into North America. This subspecies breeds from southern Brit- 

 ish Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan south through the Pacific coastal and 

 inter-mountain states generally west of the Rocky Mountains, but also in the 

 western Great Plains through western Texas to northern Mexico. In winter these 

 birds occur in the southern portions of the western states from California to 

 Texas, southward through Mexico and Central America to Colombia (AOU 1957; 

 Johnsgard 1975, 1978). 



Cinnamon Teal have been reported as stragglers in several eastern states 

 and provinces, from Ontario and New York to Louisiana and Florida (AOU 1957, 

 Palmer 1976a) . There are only a few records from most of the southeastern 

 coastal states, most of them based on observations (Map 16). Actual occurrences 

 may be more numerous, because females of this species are not distinguishable 

 from the more abundant Blue-winged Teal. Records accumulated from American 

 Birds and other sources for this study indicate four records in North Carolina 

 (1935-74), four in South Carolina (1933-1962), three in Georgia (1977-79), sev- 

 eral older records and 14 recent ones (1961-78) from Florida (the latter repre- 

 senting probably no more than 12 birds), and two records from Alabama (1961-78). 

 Lowery (1974) summarized some two dozen records from Louisiana; there are two 

 more recent (1974-76) reports. The species occurs regularly in small numbers 

 on migration and in winter along the southern Texas coast (Oberholser 1974, 

 Bellrose 1976). 



SUSCEPTIBILITY TO OIL POLLUTION 



Cinnamon Teal rarely die from oiling; the banding office at Patuxent , Mary- 

 land, has only two records of Cinnamon Teal whose deaths were attributed to this 

 cause. As a bird that occurs primarily on inland ponds and marshes, and of only 

 incidental occurrence in the southeastern United States, the species is not 

 likely to be adversely affected by development in that area. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



1980 



French, L. and J. French. 1980. A Cinnamon Teal in Pipestone County. Loon 

 52: 113. 



Hegdahl, J. 1980. Cinnamon Teal at the Fulda sewage ponds. Loon 52: 114-115, 



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