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| − | [[Image:Australian_Shoveler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Layzeboy <br />A male photographed in New Zealand.]] | + | [[Image:Australian_Shoveler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Layzeboy|Layzeboy}} <br />A male photographed in New Zealand.]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
46-56cm. '''Male''' - blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent, long, spatulate bill. | 46-56cm. '''Male''' - blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent, long, spatulate bill. | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 15 January 2009
- Anas rhynchotis
Identification
46-56cm. Male - blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent, long, spatulate bill.
Distribution
Southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
There are 2 subspecies
- A r rhynchotis
- A r variegata
Habitat
Shallow lakes and pools with dense reed beds, marshes and lagoons.
Behaviour
The diet includes herbs, grasses, pondweeds, wigeon grass, eelgrass, and algae.
7-8 eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days.
