Ducks, Geese, Swans
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
The northern shoveler (/ˈʃʌvələr/; Spatula clypeata), or northern shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, wintering in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Central, and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia.
- Family
- Ducks, Geese, Swans
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Weight
- 613 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 108
Photo: USFWS Mountain Prairie, PUBLIC DOMAIN via Wikimedia Commons
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