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Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata · Family Anatidae
Spatula clypeata
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,518,645
- Countries and territories with records
- 187
About this species
This species has 6,518,645 occurrence records from 187 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (52.2%), Canada (8%), the Netherlands (6.9%), Sweden (6.7%) and the United Kingdom (5.2%); together they account for 79% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spatula clypeata combines the genus name Spatula with the species epithet clypeata. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Spatula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spatula discors, Spatula cyanoptera and Spatula querquedula.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 5.1 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.