Spatula rhynchotis

Australasian Shoveler at Murrumbateman, NSW

Spatula rhynchotis at Murrumbateman, NSW - 27 Oct 2016 11:57 AM
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Spatula rhynchotis 27 Oct 2016 ArcherCallaway
Spatula rhynchotis 27 Oct 2016 SallyandPeter

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These 2 flew in this morning. I have seen them before but are not common here

2 comments

   28 Oct 2016
Perhaps starting to return from wherever inland they had dispersed to now that the very wet spell seems to be coming to an end?
SallyandPeter wrote:
   28 Oct 2016
Thanks Ryu

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Species information

  • Spatula rhynchotis Scientific name
  • Australasian Shoveler Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 797.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 158 images trained Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Anas rhynchotis Anas (Spatula) rhynchotis

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