The northern shoveler, 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, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
Scientific name: Spatula clypeata
Mass: 610 g
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Spatula
Family: Anatidae
