Australasian shoveler

Australasian shoveler
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Spatula
Species:	S. rhynchotis
Binomial name
	Spatula rhynchotis; (Latham, 1801)
Subspecies
	S. r. rhynchotis(Latham, 1801); (Australian shoveler); S. r. variegata(Gould, 1856); (New Zealand shoveler);
Synonyms
	Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801

The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula. It ranges from 46 to 53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They occur in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. The male has a blue-grey head with a vertical white crescent in front of the eyes.

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