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Cinnamon teal

North America·Bird

These birds are serially monogamous and select a new mate each breeding season. Males perform various mating rituals, including preening, feeding, and display flights. If a female is interested, she will swim up to him, but if she is not, then she will open her bill at him.

  • Conservation StatusLeast Concern
  • Life span12 years
  • Body sizearound 26 in.
  • Native habitat Wetlands of western North and South America
  • DietPlants, seeds, mollusks, and aquatic insects
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