Australian shoveler / Australische Löffelente (Spatula rhynchotis)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Spatula (Spatula); Family Waterfowl (Anatidae)
General: The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula. It ranges from 46 to 53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They occur in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.^[2] The male has a blue-grey head with a vertical white crescent in front of the eyes. [more]