Cinnamon teal
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