Spatula rhynchotis

Spatula rhynchotis

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Spatula rhynchotis variegata NEW ZEALAND SHOVELER. Cologne Zoological Garden.

Australasian Shoveler, Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania

A medium-sized dabbling duck with a large black spoon-shaped bill, yellow eyes and orange legs. Breeding plumage males have a blue-grey head and neck with a white crescent at the base of the bill, mottled brown and white breast, chestnut flanks, and a whi

The Shoveler is characterised by a long, narrow body that floats low in the water. It has a distinctive heavy, blue-black shovel-tipped bill, a low sloping forehead and a golden eye. In breeding plumage, its head is a deep grey-blue with a vertical patch

The male shoveler is New Zealand's most handsome duck, with variegated plumage, blue-grey head with a white vertical stripe between the eye and bill, a striking reddish-brown breast, and blue wings. Nature has lavished more beauty on the male than the le

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Geografia

Países

Austrália, Nova Zelândia

Reinos biogeográficos

Reino Australasiano

Bioma

The New Zealand shoveler (Anas rhynchotis variegata), also known as kuruwhengi, is a subspecies endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the Anatidae family and Anseriformes order of swans, geese and ducks.

The male shoveler is New Zealand's most handsome d

Hábitos e estilo de vida

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Terrestre, Congregacional,

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Não-migratório

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Australasian Shoveler male, Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, Australia

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Referências

1. no site da Lista Vermelha da IUCN - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22680243/92852551

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