Archive for the ‘Shovelers’ Category

• Cape shoveler

  Jul 30 | Ducks+, Shovelers | Little Stint | 1856 Views | with Comments Off on Cape shoveler

  The Cape shoveler – Spatula smithii is a large sedentary dabbling duck of Type – waterbird, Family Anatidae and Order Anseriformes. It is sedentary and endemic to southern Africa, but has been recorded as Accidental...

• Northern shoveler

  Jun 26 | Ducks+, Shovelers | Little Stint | 2514 Views | with No Comments

  The Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) is a distinctive dabbling duck with a large spatulate bill. It has an extremely extensive Holarctic range, and is strongly migratory across most of its range except for few small areas in...