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Duck Identification Duck ID Dabbling Ducks Northern Shoveler
Duck Identification Duck ID Dabbling Ducks Northern Shoveler
| Northern Shoveler |
DescriptionAnas clypeata The Northern Shoveler is so named because of its large distinctive spoon-shaped bill – black in the drake and brown in the hen. The drake has a green head and neck, a white breast, brown sides and pale blue shoulder patches. The hen is buff and light brown with grayish shoulder patches. In flight Northern Shovelers can be confused with Blue-winged Teal because of similar pale blue shoulder patches, however Shovelers are larger in size. |
