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Sighting 4369385

Spatula rhynchotis

Australasian Shoveler at Wonga Wetlands

Spatula rhynchotis at Wonga Wetlands - 16 Jun 2019 09:45 AM
Spatula rhynchotis at Wonga Wetlands - 16 Jun 2019 09:45 AM
Spatula rhynchotis at Wonga Wetlands - 16 Jun 2019 09:45 AM
Spatula rhynchotis at Wonga Wetlands - 16 Jun 2019 09:45 AM
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Spatula rhynchotis 31 Jan 2021 ChrisAllen

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HIstorical photos. Australian Shovellers with Freckled Ducks.

2 comments

ChrisAllen wrote:
   31 Jan 2021
Sorry Kylie, I accidentally removed your identification. Have you noticed these species mix like this often or is this just a coincidence?
KylieWaldon wrote:
   8 Mar 2025
the freckled ducks are quite common at that site in small numbers, but the shovellers usually only number 2 or 4 across the whole site for some the year. It was really unusual to see that many shovellers. normally I would say they are not together and usually no ducks are on that particular pond but the whole site was flooded so circumstances were different perhaps to the norm..

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Species information

  • Spatula rhynchotis Scientific name
  • Australasian Shoveler Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Very rare / threatened
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 797.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 169 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Anas rhynchotis Anas (Spatula) rhynchotis

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