Classification
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  • Scientific names
    • Anas clypeata
  • French
    • canard souchet
  • English
    • Northern Shoveler
    • Northern Shoveller
  • Spanish
    • Pato cucharón-norteño
  • English
    • spoonbill duck

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What

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Observer

drwlyons

Date

May 19, 2012

Description

A darker head than the mallard and less shiny, and exhibiting the dabbling common for the shoveler; rather than dipping their head and upper body into the water, they just dipped their bills in the water as they swam. There were two females accompanied.

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Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Observer

twitwer

Date

May 19, 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Description

Found in the arboretum. Two male of what I believe to be shovelers swimming and diving for food near the shore.

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Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Observer

salvatoredv

Date

May 18, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The Northern Shoveler ( /ˈʃʌvələr/; Anas clypeata), Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia. In North America, it breeds along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and west of this body of water, and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada,...

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.