Shoveler

Last updated August 20, 2025

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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