Shoveler
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| Shoveler | |
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| Red Shoveler | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anas Linnaeus, 1758 |
The shovelers, formerly known as shovellers, are four species of dabbling ducks with long, broad spatula-shaped beaks:
- Red Shoveler, Anas platalea
- Cape Shoveler, Anas smithii
- Australasian Shoveler, Anas rhynchotis
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
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