Editing Cinnamon teal (section)

== Taxonomy ==
They are known to interbreed with [[blue-winged teal]]s,<ref name="Dunn" /> which are very close relatives.

[[Subspecies]] are:

* ''Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium'' ([[Harry Church Oberholser|Oberholser]], 1906) '''northern cinnamon teal''' breeds from [[British Columbia]] to northwestern [[New Mexico]], and they winter in northwestern [[South America]].<ref name="Clements">Clements, J (2007)</ref>
* ''Spatula cyanoptera tropica'' (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) '''tropical cinnamon teal''' occurs in the [[Cauca River|Cauca Valley]] and [[Magdalena Valley]] in [[Colombia]].<ref name="Clements" />
* ''Spatula cyanoptera borreroi'' (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) '''Borrero's cinnamon teal''' (possibly [[extinct]]) occurs in the eastern [[Andes]] of [[Colombia]] with records of apparently resident birds from northern [[Ecuador]].<ref name="Clements" /> It is named for Colombian ornithologist [[José Ignacio Borrero]].
* ''Spatula cyanoptera orinoma'' (Snyder & Lumsden, 1951) '''Andean cinnamon teal''' occurs in the [[Altiplano]] of [[Peru]], northern [[Chile]] and [[Bolivia]].<ref name="Clements" />
* ''Spatula cyanoptera cyanoptera'' (Vieillot, 1816) '''Argentine cinnamon teal''' occurs in southern [[Peru]], southern [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name="Clements" />