Identifying female Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) vs. female Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera) can be a challenge. While breeding drakes are unmistakable, females, Blue-winged Teal juveniles vs. Cinnamon Teal, and Blue-winged eclipse males vs. Cinnamon Teal all share confusingly similar “brown duck” plumage. To master female teal identification, you need to look beyond the blue wing […]