Red shoveler

Red shoveler
Male at WWT Slimbridge, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Spatula
Species:
S. platalea
Binomial name
Spatula platalea
(Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms

Anas platalea Vieillot 1816

The red shoveler (Spatula platalea) is a species of dabbling duck native to southern South America.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Spatula platalea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680240A92852309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680240A92852309.en. Retrieved 22 July 2021.