Shoveler

Shoveler
Red shoveler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Spatula

The shovelers or shovellers are four species of dabbling ducks with long, broad spatula-shaped beaks:

• Red shoveler, Anas platalea
• Cape shoveler, Anas smithii
• Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis
• Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata

References

• Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

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