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Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata(Linnaeus, 1758)
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At a glance
The Northern Shoveler, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Vagrant
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The northern shoveler, often known simply as the shoveler where other related species do not occur, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and throughout the Palearctic and across most of North America, and winters in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia. In North America, it breeds along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and west of this body of water, and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Northern Shoveler?
The Northern Shoveler is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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