Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
(aka Northern Shoveler)
The Shoveler is distributed in temperate zones of Europe, Asia and North America. They are found in open woodland and grassland where there are shallow fresh-water bodies on which they can feed.
Shovelers are a fairly successful species. In winter, they can be found throughout most of the United States, predominantly southern and coastal areas, as well as parts of South America, North Africa, and Southern Asia.
Shovelers have a bill with comb like teeth along the upper and lower mandibles. Scientists believe this feature aids in filter feeding.
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Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) is a very common and widespread duck over most of North America. It breeds in the northwestern U.S. and most of western Canada and migrates or winters everyplace else.
Northern Shoveler: Medium-sized dabbling duck with a white breast, white-bordered black back, and rufous-brown underparts and sides. Head and neck are iridescent green, large bill is black and eyes are pale yellow.
Northern Shovelers are not among the more hardy ducks, and most do not reach the Calgary area until the second week of April. They are usually gone by the end of September.
Northern Shovelers feed by dabbling for plant food, often by swinging its bill from side to side and using the bill to strain food from the water. It also eats mollusks and insects in the nesting season.
Northern Shoveler
Scientific name: Anas clypeata
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: The Northern Shoveler is named for its distinct large "spoon" shaped bill.
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata Linnaeus
Status Uncommon locally in summer, rare transient elsewhere. Breeds. The bird was a very rare vagrant in the nineteenth century; Gilpin (1880) and Jones (1885) give specimen records for April 1879.
Northern Shoveler Photos
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Northern Shoveler 1 (Male) ...
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
Identification Tips:
Length: 14 inches Wingspan: 31 inches
Large dabbling duck
Large spatulate bill
Juvenile similar to adult female ...
Northern Shoveler
Range:
Eurasia, North America; winters in southern United States, Africa, Pacific Islands, South America
Habitat:
Shallow lakes, marshes, swamps, slow streams, flooded fields
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name: ...
The northern shoveler breeds from Alaska east to northern Manitoba and south to California and the Great Lakes region. It winters from Oregon south to California and west across the southern United States and up the east coast to New Jersey.
The Australasian shoveler was the first of the New Zealand ducks to take to the open ocean as a refuge from hunters. Their swift and erratic flight also aids in their survival but the species replies readily to decoys and callers.
The Argentine red shoveler is a duck with a spatulate-shaped bill, a green speculum and light blue upper wing converts.
MALE
The color tones of males vary from red to paler shades approaching pink.
Northern Shoveler
(Anas clypeata)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Possible but not likely
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Possible but not likely ...
Shoveler, Northern Anas clypeata Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Australia (rare)
Photographed by: 2, 4, 6, 7) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 1, 3, 5, 8, 9) Dick at Sylvan Heights
2, 4, 5) Female 6) Nonbreeding male ...
Shovelers / Northern Shovelers
Silver Appleyards: Silver Appleyards (FeatherSite)
Smew ...
Shoveler
Shovelers are surface feeing ducks with huge spatulate bills. Males have dark green heads, with white breasts and chestnut flanks. Females are mottled brown. In flight birds show patches of light blue... More...
Siskin ...
Shovelers - these ducks have broad beaks and sift their food for insects, nails and seed from the mud.
4. Male Shoveler takes off, note wing patches
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler takes the sun
6. Common Goldeneye ...
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
Teal (Anas crecca) ...
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata. Occasional breeder. Common in winter, spring, and fall in all regions, and occasional in summer in Tennessee Valley region. Found in freshwater and brackish water ponds, swamps, and on lakes.
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
Grey Teal Anas gracilis (Tete) ...
Northern Shoveler
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Pine Siskin
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
New Zealand shoveler
Class: Aves
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not listed
Pennant coral fish ...
In addition to thousands of wigeon, together with mallard, teal and shoveler, the selection of birds at Buckenham RSPB reserve often includes bean, white-fronted and barnacle geese.
Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler
Anas falcata - Falcated Teal
Anas formosa - Baikal Teal
Anas rubripes - American Black Duck
Netta
Netta rufina - Red-crested Pochard
Aythya
Aythya ferina - Northern Pochard ...
Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)
Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal (A. discors)
Eurasian Wigeon (A. penelope)
Mallard (A. platyrhynchos)
Gadwall (A. strepera) ...
They are fairly common at Shoveler Pond at Anahuac NWR and often have a large roost on the island in Elm Lake at Brazos Bend State Park. There are usually several at the Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary.
SHOVELLER DUCK.--MICOINE.
[Northern Shoveler.]
ANAS CLYPEATA, Linn.
[Anas clypeata.] ...
The unrelated shoveler duck is sometimes called spoonbill, and there is a spoon-billed sandpiper. Spoonbills are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Ciconiiformes, family Threskiornithidae.
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) ...
The principal bird species to be the major consumers of adult brine shrimp and cysts in Lake Abert, Oregon are the Northern Shoveler and the Eared Grebe. Brine shrimp comprise 30% and 17% of their diets, respectively.
The dip-net method also worked on Horned Grebe, Western Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Gadwall, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, and American Coot. Yellow collars were placed on grebes, but caused mortality, so their usage was discontinued.
 See also: Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Duck, Teal, Pintail
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