Red Shoveler
Spatula platalea(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Red Shoveler
The Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: southern Peru eastward to southern Brazil and southward to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spatula platalea
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red Shoveler
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas platalea
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 5 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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