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title: "Australasian Shoveler"
description: "Spatula rhynchotis — Vogels. The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/australasian-shoveler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australasian Shoveler

> Spatula rhynchotis — Vogels. The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula.

- Scientific name: *Spatula rhynchotis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 4520
- Wikidata: [Q28106912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28106912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558437](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558437)

## Names

- en: Australasian Shoveler
- de: Halbmond-Löffelente
- es: Cuchara australiano
- fr: Canard bridé

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2508), NZ (1903)

## Summary

The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula.  It ranges from 46 to 53 cm (18 to 21 in).  It lives in heavily vegetated swamps.  In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.  They occur in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. The male has a blue-grey head with a vertical white crescent in front of the eyes.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169291263

## Machine access

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