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Illustration of a Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera) egg, 47.5 × 34.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Spatula cyanoptera

  • 47.5 × 34.5 mm
  • Clutch: 4–16 eggs
Breeds in Canada and United States, Mexico and South America (7 countries)
show all 10Canada & United States: Canada, United States
Mexico: Mexico
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Peru, Uruguay

Creamy white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 90 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 126, 1923), p. 124.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Cinnamon Teal, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Cinnamon Teal, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection); de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 1, p. 232.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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