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The northern shoveler (/ˈʃʌvələr/; Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Central, and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia. In North America, it breeds along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and west of this body of water, and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon
Scientific Name : Spatula Clypeata
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 48
Compare Size : Kite -
Wingspan : 76
Weight : 600
Migratory : Migrant
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season :
Other Names :
English : Shoveler
Hindi : तिदारी
Marathi : थापट्या बदक, थापट्या
Habitat:
This is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some emergent vegetation
Breeding:
lay about nine eggs
Feeding:
feed by dabbling for plant food
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Bill | black; distinct large and spatulate |
| Head | In Breeding Plumage dark-green |
| Breast | In Breeding Plumage white |
| Belly | In breeding Plumage chestnut |
| Flanks | In breeding Plumage chestnut |
| Upperwing coverts | pale-blue forewing feathers are revealed |
| Secondaries | green speculum border white |
| Note : In non-breeding plumage similar to female |
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| Female | |
|---|---|
| Bill | grey; distinct large and spatulate; tinged with orange on cutting edge |
| Head | paler then overall body, very slightly stirated |
| Neck | paler then overall body, very slightly stirated |
| Lower mandible | tinged with orange |
| Note : expect head and neck overall pale-brown and dark-brown patchy/scally appearance |
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| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 03 Nov 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 14 Nov 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
