Shoveler | |
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Red shoveler | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Anas Linnaeus, 1758 |
(unranked): | Spatula |
The shovelers (American English), or shovellers (British English), are four species of dabbling ducks with long, broad spatula-shaped beaks:
- Red shoveler, Anas platalea
- Cape shoveler, Anas smithii
- Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis
- Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
References
- Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca