Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - HBW 1, p. 613
French: Canard souchet
German: Löffelente
Spanish: Cuchara Común
Other common names: Shoveler, European/Common Shoveler
Taxonomy: Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758, coasts of Europe.
Often placed in genus Spatula. Considered by some to form superspecies with A. rhynchotis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Most of Nearctic and Palearctic, except high Arctic.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A drake and his female foraging Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 19 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 17 sec 3.3 -
Several males feeding Locality Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 15 February 2008 5 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
A pair swimming and feeding Locality Titchwell, Norfolk, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 28 October 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 3.3 -
Two males swimming Locality Belgium (Monotypic species)
Alan Larson 20 March 2000 7 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A group of blirds flying (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Candasnos, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 23 December 2012 12 weeks ago 28 sec 3.3 -
Two females feeding next to a Common Coot. Locality Candasnos, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 18 January 2012 1 year ago 13 sec 3.3
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First inmature non-breeding male Locality Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 30 December 2012 5 weeks ago 3.4 -
Cuchara común macho (Anas clypeata) en la laguna grande de la Reserva Cañada de los Pájaros
Locality Cañada de los Pájaros Reserve, La Puebla del Río, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Miguel Ángel Cuéllar Carr... 5 December 2012 22 weeks ago 3.4 -
adult male and female together
Locality Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ferran Vaquero 21 January 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
Male and female in a lake
Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 14 April 2011 2 years ago 3.4 -
A male & female swimming on a small pond Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 9 March 2011 2 years ago 3.4 -
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)sleeping at S,Albufera, January 2010.
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 12 January 2010 2 years ago 3.4
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Sound of wingbeats Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1992 3 years ago 2
