Northern shoveler: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern shoveler lives – recorded in 96 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Spatula clypeata
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	96 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the northern shoveler live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern shoveler in 96 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, South America. In Australia, Saudi Arabia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the northern shoveler endangered?

The northern shoveler’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern shoveler?

The northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Spatula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern shoveler

The northern shoveler (; Spatula clypeata), 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.

The northern shoveler is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The conservation status of this bird is least concern.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern shoveler (revision 1380948885), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28106731 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).