Additional Information
English Northern Shoveler
Scientific (Spatula clypeata)
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Anatidae
Family (English) Ducks, Geese, Swans
Other name(s) Shoveler, Canard souchet
Regions NA, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions MA, AF, OR
Countries (BETA) map Sweden,Nepal,Anguilla,Somalia,Guinea,Mozambique,Czech Republic,Ethiopia,Portugal,Nigeria,Netherlands Antilles,Japan,Latvia,Turkey,Micronesia,Tunisia,Morocco,Maldives,Ecuador - mainland,Mali,Croatia,United Kingdom,Slovenia,Israel,India - mainland,Belize,Malta,Algeria,Taiwan,Serbia,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Thailand,Singapore,Belarus,Netherlands,Vietnam,Niger,Ukraine,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Romania,Cameroon,Greece,Grenada,Germany,Belgium,Burkina Faso,Palestine,Uzbekistan,Haiti,Costa Rica,France,Kiribati,United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Guam,Cambodia,Libya,Rwanda,North Korea,Syria,Benin,Mongolia,Hungary,Zambia,Trinidad and Tobago,Liechtenstein,Pakistan,Hong Kong,Sri Lanka,China,Western Sahara,Estonia,Eritrea,Angola,Ivory Coast,Guatemala,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Guinea-Bissau,Oman,Turkmenistan,Honduras,Ireland,Qatar,Nicaragua,Philippines,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Ghana,Mexico,French Polynesia,Djibouti,Marshall Islands,El Salvador,Slovakia,Tajikistan,South Korea,Poland,Togo,Cuba,Moldova,Spain,Kenya,Egypt,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Montserrat,Canada,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Dominican Republic,Iran,Mauritania,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Tanzania,Chad,Austria,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Uganda,Italy,Bhutan,Yemen,Colombia,Gambia,Liberia,Myanmar,Burundi,Bahrain,Kuwait,Venezuela,Georgia,Sudan,Afghanistan,Denmark,Senegal,Andorra,Albania,United States - Hawaii,United States - Alaska,British Virgin Islands,United States - mainland,Central African Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Congo,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,South Sudan,Montenegro,
Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
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German Löffelente
French Canard souchet
Chinese 琵嘴鸭
Japanese ハシビロガモ
Russian Широконоска
Spanish Cuchara común
Portuguese pato-trombeteiro-comum
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)