Australasian Shoveler at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Spatula rhynchotis | 12 Oct 2023 | natureguy | ||
| Spatula rhynchotis | 11 Oct 2023 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Aythya australis | 11 Oct 2023 | JimL |
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User's notes
I think this was a pair of Hardheads.
4 comments
JimL
wrote:
11 Oct 2023
Disregard idea of Hardheads. Shovelers are a new species sighting for me. Explains why they didn’t fit the bill (will wear that pun)…
JimL
wrote:
11 Oct 2023
Cool. I am
Pretty sure that there were multiple. At least another male was off to the west in the shade of the willow.
Pretty sure that there were multiple. At least another male was off to the west in the shade of the willow.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.162353-35.314546
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Oct 2023 03:34 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Water birds Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans) JimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anas rhynchotis Anas (Spatula) rhynchotis
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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