AUSTRALIAN SHOVELER

Photographed at Matata, New Zealand, June 2017

(*  265)                    AUSTRALIAN SHOVELER                Anas rhynchotis    

NEW ZEALAND                  66

Found mainly in shallow lowland wetlands and muddy estuaries. 49 cm. Common native found across all of New Zealand.

Photographed at Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, June 2017

AUSTRALASIAN SHOVELER

Photographed at Forbes, August 2014

235                 AUSTRALASIAN SHOVELER             Anas rhynchotis

Australia           (235)

Also known as Australian, Blue-winged or Southern Shoveler. Range Tasmania, Victoria, NSW, se half of Queensland, e. half of SA and sw WA up to Shark Bay. Found in large waters, lakes, wetlands, sewerage ponds and wetlands.