Australasian Shoveler
Spatula rhynchotis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,426
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula. It ranges from 46 to 53 cm (18 to 21 in). 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. The male has a blue-grey head with a vertical white crescent in front of the eyes.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Australasian shoveler”.