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[[Image:Australian Shoveler 2A pb.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Tony+Brown|Tony Brown}} <br />Lake Monger, [[Perth area|Perth]], [[Australia]]]] | [[Image:Australian Shoveler 2A pb.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Tony+Brown|Tony Brown}} <br />Lake Monger, [[Perth area|Perth]], [[Australia]]]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
46-56cm | 46-56cm | ||
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[[Australasia]]: found in south-western and south-eastern [[Australia]]; [[Tasmania]], and [[New Zealand]]. | [[Australasia]]: found in south-western and south-eastern [[Australia]]; [[Tasmania]], and [[New Zealand]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | + | Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Anas|Anas]]''. | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
A wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamp that have abundant shrubbery cover of melaleuca and cumbungi.<br /> Only an infrequent user of mangrove swamps, floodwaters, sewage farms. | A wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamp that have abundant shrubbery cover of melaleuca and cumbungi.<br /> Only an infrequent user of mangrove swamps, floodwaters, sewage farms. | ||
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Seven or eight eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days. | Seven or eight eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#Animal Bytes | #Animal Bytes | ||
#BF Member observations | #BF Member observations | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/ozbirds/australianshoveler.html Arthur Grosset's Birds] | *[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/ozbirds/australianshoveler.html Arthur Grosset's Birds] | ||
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Revision as of 11:00, 26 August 2017
- Spatula rhynchotis
Identification
46-56cm
- Long, spatulate bill
Male
- Blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent
- Chestnut sides
- Blue forewing
- White underwing shows in flight
Female
- Overall rufous-brown plumage, with darker streaks on upperparts
- Buffish feather edges
Distribution
Australasia: found in south-western and south-eastern Australia; Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly placed in the genus Anas.
Habitat
A wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamp that have abundant shrubbery cover of melaleuca and cumbungi.
Only an infrequent user of mangrove swamps, floodwaters, sewage farms.
Eclipse
Photo by Rookery
Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand, November 2008
Sub Adult or Non breeding Male
Photo by aussietrev
Queensland, Australia, June 2009
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes a wide variety of vegetable matter: herbs, grasses, pondweeds, wigeon grass, eelgrass, and algae.
Breeding
Seven or eight eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Animal Bytes
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Australasian Shoveler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Australasian_Shoveler
