Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Australian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) - HBW 1, p. 613
French: Canard bridé
German: Halbmond Löffelente
Spanish: Cuchara Australiano
Other common names: Australasian/Blue-winged/Southern Shoveler
Taxonomy: Anas Rhynchotis Latham, 1801, New South Wales.
Often placed in genus Spatula. Considered by some to form superspecies with A. clypeata. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rhynchotis Latham, 1801 - SW and SE Australia, Tasmania.
- variegata (Gould, 1856) - New Zealand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female swimming and feeding on a lagoon. Locality Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand (ssp variegata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 6 weeks ago 54 sec 4.5 -
Female in reeds. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rhynchotis)
Stephen Wallace 24 September 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4.4 -
Female on land. Launching into flight slowed to 10%. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rhynchotis)
Stephen Wallace 7 November 2011 1 year ago 32 sec 4.3 -
Calling and displaying. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rhynchotis)
Stephen Wallace 14 August 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4 -
male swimming and walking through shallow flooded field, meets female and their single ducking Locality Glenorchy, South Island, New Zealand (ssp variegata)
Martin Kennewell 25 November 2008 2 years ago 45 sec 3.8 -
Male - on land and on water. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rhynchotis)
Stephen Wallace 1 August 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.7
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male eclipse
Locality Pitcher Parade Reserve, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (ssp rhynchotis)
Dirk Tomsa 16 October 2009 1 year ago 3.9 -
A male in breeding plumage.
Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 17 May 2013 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.9 -
A female loafing.
Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 17 May 2013 4 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 3.8 -
A male surfaces briefly while foraging.
Locality Tomato Lake, Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 1 March 2013 10 weeks ago 3.6 -
Close up of a drake
Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (ssp variegata)
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
A female swimming.
Locality Waimanu Lagoons, Waikanae, North Island, New Zealand (ssp variegata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 3.4
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Several birds calling while displaying on the water. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
(ssp rhynchotis)
Stephen Wallace 14 August 2011 15 weeks ago 4
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