Blue-winged or cinnamon teal?? Salmon Arm, BC, Canada - 24 Sep (1 Viewer)

[kb57]

Another species sent by my partner which I have zero experience of - the black bill has led to my thinking its a blue-winged teal, which was my initial ID - but it does seem rather long and shoveler-like so perhaps it's a cinnamon? Both species recorded on eBird from this site.

 

[Butty]

I wouldn't have thought that the bill was shovelery enough for cinnamon teal.

 

[kb57]

I wouldn't have thought that the bill was shovelery enough for cinnamon teal.

Thanks, I'd thought BW too but I'm a long way out of my comfort zone with these species

 

[Indobirder]

To me it looks kinda like Green-winged, but perhaps it's too light.

If it must be between cinnamon or Blue-winged it's the latter (grayer, white at bill base, smaller bill, more defined eye-line)

 

[kb57]

To me it looks kinda like Green-winged, but perhaps it's too light.

If it must be between cinnamon or Blue-winged it's the latter (grayer, white at bill base, smaller bill, more defined eye-line)

Thanks - she sent me pics of green-winged she'd managed to ID and the longer bill of this bird and different appearance had her confused, so I'm leaning on consensus so far towards blue-winged.

 

[lou salomon]

This looks like a Green-winged Teal to me. Bill shape and length is not in line with either Blue-winged or even Cinnamon Teal, nor is the face pattern - lacking pale "specs" and a larger pale area near bill base.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

I agree with Lou here,
also the amount of white below tail is better for greenwing