Editing Cinnamon teal (section)

== Distribution ==
Their breeding habitat is marshes and ponds in western [[United States]] and extreme southwestern [[Canada]], and are rare visitors to the east coast of the [[United States]].<ref name="Floyd" /> One young male duck was spotted in [[Grimsby, Ontario]], and became a tourist attraction due to its rarity outside of western Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandler |first1=Justin |title=Wayward duck in Niagara draws mad rush of birders looking to photograph the 'mega-rarity' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/1.7327330 |website=CBC News |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> Cinnamon teal generally select new mates each year. They are [[bird migration|migratory]] and most winter in northern South America and the [[Caribbean]],<ref>Herrera ''et al.'' (2006)</ref> generally not migrating as far as the [[blue-winged teal]]. Some winter in [[California]] and southwestern [[Arizona]].<ref name="Dunn" /> Two subspecies of cinnamon teal reside within the Andes of South America. The smaller sized ''S. c. cyanoptera'' is widespread within low elevations (<1000m) such as the coast of Peru and southern Argentina, whereas the larger size subspecies ''S. c. orinomus'' occupies elevations of 3500–4600 meters in the central Andes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=Robert E.|last2=Peters|first2=Jeffrey L.|last3=McCracken|first3=Kevin G.|title=Genetic and Phenotypic Divergence Between Low- and High-Altitude Populations of Two Recently Diverged Cinnamon Teal Subspecies|date=2012-08-10|journal=Evolution|language=en|volume=67|issue=1|pages=170–184|doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01740.x|pmid=23289570|s2cid=8378355|issn=0014-3820}}</ref>