>> GENERAL >>>>>
– medium-sized duck, considerably smaller than Mallard
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates pairwise or in small to medium flocks in formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata, AD M BREED, F
BIF0488, 18/02/2015, Khawr Rawri, Oman, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata, AD M BREED, F
BIF0489, 18/02/2015, Khawr Rawri, Oman, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata, AD M BREED, 2CY M, F
BIF0490, 18/02/2015, Khawr Rawri, Oman, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, M AD BREED, F
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca, F
Common Eider Somateria m. molissima, M AD BREED, F
BIF1064, 19/04/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, M AD BREED, F
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca, F
Common Eider Somateria m. molissima, M AD BREED, F
BIF1065, 19/04/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, F AD NBREED
Mallard Anas p platyrhynchus, M AD NBREED
BIF0735, 26/07/2009, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, M NBREED
Mallard Anas p. platyrhynchus, F
BIF3577, 27/06/2016, Belzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, AD F (fith from left, first from right), M 1CY or NBREED
Northern Pintail Anas acuta, M (fith from rigth), 1CY (third from right)
BIF3580, 07/09/2017, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, M NBREED
GadwallAnas s. strepera, M F
Mallard Anas p. platyrhynchus, F
BIF3577, 27/06/2016, Belzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea, M F NBREED
Garganey Anas querquedula, M F NBREED
BIF1236, 16/09/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
Northern Shoveler Anas clyptaea
Garganey Anas querquedula
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
BIF1237, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
calls in flight not yet sound recorded
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
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