Shovelers and Allies
Spatula
Spatula is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the shovelers and some of the teals.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Northern Shoveler
speciesSpatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal
speciesSpatula discors
Cinnamon Teal
speciesSpatula cyanoptera
Garganey
speciesSpatula querquedula
Australasian Shoveler
speciesSpatula rhynchotis
Silver Teal
speciesSpatula versicolor
Red Shoveler
speciesSpatula platalea
Cape Shoveler
speciesSpatula smithii
Blue-billed Teal
speciesSpatula hottentota
Puna Teal
speciesSpatula puna
Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal
hybridSpatula cyanoptera × discors
Northern Shoveler × Cinnamon Teal
hybridSpatula clypeata × cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler × Blue-winged Teal
hybridSpatula clypeata × discors
Northern Shoveler × Garganey
hybridSpatula clypeata × querquedula
Blue-winged Teal × Garganey
hybridSpatula discors × querquedula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.330
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.401
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.401
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.135
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.130
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Spatula in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 558404.