Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Spanish: Cuchara común
The northern shoveler, 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. Most often recorded in Dec, Oct, Mar.
- 2022-12-24 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2020-10-04 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2020-10-04 — observation by marumg
- 2019-12-26 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2018-03-18 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2018-03-18 — observation by santiagob1986
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Cite as: “Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/spatula-clypeata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.