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title: "Red Shoveler"
description: "Spatula platalea — Uccelli. The red shoveler (Spatula platalea) is a species of dabbling duck native to southern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-shoveler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Shoveler

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

- Scientific name: *Spatula platalea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 3640
- Wikidata: [Q28106878](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28106878)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558435](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558435)

## Names

- en: Red Shoveler
- de: Fuchs-Löffelente
- es: Pato pico cuchara
- fr: Canard spatule
- pl: Płaskonos jasnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2918), CL (476), BR (55), UY (24), BO (3), FR (3), PY (3)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_shoveler

## Photo

![Red Shoveler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-shoveler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558435

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-shoveler?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).