Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea)

Other Names (World)
Red Shoveler, South American Shoveler, Argentine Shoveler

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
51 - 56 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1816)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Uruguay (B) (NB).

Southern South America, from Tierra del Fuego northwards to central Chile and most of Argentina; small breeding populations may occur isolated in southern Peru.

Population
Estimated population is 25,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Red Shoveler (Spatula) [XC44468]
by Niels Krabbe from Saladillo (alrededores Laguna La Reconquista: camino Strugamou & Canal 16), Saladillo, Pcia. Buenos Aires, Argentina., Argentina (song, alarm song)

Red Shoveler (Spatula) [XC521702]
by id from Laguna Nimez, Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina., Argentina (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea) - 10 files

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