CINNAMON TEAL 
CYANOPTERA Vieillot 
(Plate 43) 
Synonymy 
Anas cyanopfcra Vieillot, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 104, 1816. 
FA7ias jaspidea Vieillot, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 162, 1816. 
Anas rafflcsii King, Zoological Journ., vol. 4, p. 97, 1828. 
Cyanoptcrus rafflesn Eyton, iNIonograph Anatidse, pp. 38, 132, 1838. 
Querquedula caerulata Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, p. 118. 
Anas caendeata Lichtenstein, G. R. Grajs List Birds British INIus., vol. 3, p. 138, 
1844. 
Pterocyanea caendeata G. R. Gray, Genera of Birds, vol. 3, p. 617, 1845. 
Pterocyanea rafflesii Baird, in Stanshury’s Report, p. 322, 1852. 
Qnerqiiedtda cyanopfera Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 164. 
Pterocyanea cyanoptera Burmeister, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, p. 368. 
Vernacular Names 
English: Cinnamon Teal, Red-breasted Teal, Red Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Raffles’ 
Teal, Little Duck. 
German: Zimtente, Blaufltigelische Krickente. 
French: Canard a ailes bleues, Sarcelle du Chili, Sarcelle brun. Canard a tete jaspee. 
Dutch: Kaneelbruine Taling. 
Spanish: Pato Colorado, Pato frontino, Patito, Patillo, Zarceta coyota. 
Mexican: Chilcanauhtli. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male: Top of head blacki.sh. Remainder of head and lower parts rich chestnut color, darker 
and more blackish on lower abdomen according to the wear on the feathers. Under tail-coverts 
black. Mantle and upper scapulars black, with irregular chestnut bars. Back, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and tail brownish black with greenish reflections. Lesser wing-coverts and the outer web 
of the two outer scapulars pale blue; last row of the greater coverts with a broad white band. Specu- 
lum bright metallic green; primaries dark brown, binder wing-coverts brown with a bluish cast, 
middle coverts and axillars white. Tertials greenish black with a buffy central shaft stripe. 
Iris golden yellow to orange or orange red. Legs and feet ochraceous yellow to orange yellow. 
Bill blackish to black. 
Wing 185-225 mm.; bill 42.5-48.5; tarsus 30.7-38. 
Weight from about 14 ounces to a trifle over 1 pound (0.39 to 0.5 kilograms). 
