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).
Red Shoveler (Spatula) [XC51957]
by Alvaro Jaramillo from Cartagena, Comuna Cartagena, V Region, Chile (song)
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)