Breeding male - ML621074557 — Breeding male © JJ Harrison eBird S80741161 Macaulay Library ML 306008461

Female - ML621074564 — Female © JJ Harrison

Breeding male - ML621074570 — Breeding male © Paul Heath

Breeding male - ML621074585 — Breeding male © Glenda Rees

Breeding male - ML116455421 — Breeding male © shorty w

Nonbreeding male - ML621074589 — Nonbreeding male © Richard Simmonds

Female and chick - ML116455411 — Female and chick © Imogen Warren

Nonbreeding male - ML116455441 — Nonbreeding male © Ged Tranter

Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis

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Identification

Floats low in the water with an enormous "shovel-like" bill. Males are more brightly colored and have yellow eyes. Females are plainer brown with darker eyes. Note obvious bright orange legs when scanning a row of perched ducks. Feeds on the surface with head submerged. Usually found in large inland wetlands and sewage ponds.

Statistics

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Smithton Sewage Ponds

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