Cinnamon X Blue-winged Teal

apparent Cinnamon X Blue-winged Teal, Gilbert Water Ranch, Maricopa County

From Birds of North America [Wild hybrids of Cinnamon Teal x Blue-winged Teal (only males recognizable as hybrids from plumage characteristics) observed in many areas where the breeding ranges of these species overlap (Anderson and Miller 1953, Harris and Wheeler 1965, Connelly 1977, Bolen 1978, 1979, Weseloh and Weseloh 1979). Wild hybrids of Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler also reported; fertile hybrids with both of these species confirmed (Johnsgard 1978). In captivity, hybrids with Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Red Shoveler, Garganey, Baikal Teal (A. formosa), Green-winged Teal, and Speckled Teal (A. flavirostris) (Philips 1926, Johnsgard 1978).]

17 March 2007 photos by Marceline Vandewater

Gammonley, J. H. 1996. Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera). In The Birds of North America, No. 209 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.

W. Anderson, A. W. Miller 1953. Hybridization of Cinnamon and Blue-winged teal in northeastern California. Condor 55: 152–153.

S. W. Harris, R. J. Wheeler 1965. Hybrid of Blue-winged Teal x Cinnamon Teal in northwestern California. Condor 67: 539–540.

J. W., Jr. Connelly 1977. A comparative study of Blue-winged and Cinnamon teal breeding in eastern Washington. Master’s thesis, Washington State Univ., Pullman.

P. A. Johnsgard 1978. Ducks, geese and swans of the world. Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.