Marie Read / Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera), male taking flight from water, Orange County, California, USA, April.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) male taking flight, British Columbia, Canada

Steve Gettle / Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) male, J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota

Steve Gettle / Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) male flying, J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota

Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) male and two Blue-winged teal (Anas discors) males, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March

Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) male flying, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March

Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) two males, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, February

Tim Fitzharris / Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) male, Alberta, Canada

Diane McAllister / Female Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) and young swimming along at Carson Lake Wetlands. Fallon, Nevada, USA, July

Marie Read / Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) male taking off from water, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA

Tim Laman / A male Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) preening his feathers, California

George McCarthy / Male Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) on water, NM, USA