Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusSpatula (Shovelers and Allies)
- SpeciesSpatula clypeata (Northern Shoveler)
The northern shoveler (; Spatula clypeata), often known simply as the shoveler where other related species do not occur, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and throughout the Palearctic and across most of North America, and winters in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It is a rare vagrant to Australia. In North America, it breeds along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and west of this body of water, and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon. The northern shoveler is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The conservation status of this bird is least concern. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Triglav National Park
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Shoveler at Triglav National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there