SHOVELLER 



SPATULA CLYPEATA (Lnnrfs) 

 (Plate 47) 

 Synonymy 

 Anas clypeata Linne, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 124, 1758. 

 Anas rufigaster Latham, General Synopsis Birds, Suppl., vol. 1, p. 297, 1787. 

 Anas mexicana Grnelin, Linne's Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 519, 1789. 

 Anas rnbens Grnelin, Linne's Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 519, 1789. 

 Anas clypeata-mexicana, Bonnaterre, Encyclop. Methodique, Ornith., vol. 1, p. 151, 



1791. 

 Spatula clypeata Boie, Oken's Isis, 1822, p. 564. 



Rhynchaspis clypeata Stephens, General Zool., vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 115, pi. 48, 1824. 

 Rhynchaspis mexicana Stephens, General Zool., vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 118, 1824. 

 Clypeata macrorhynchos Brehm, Oken's Isis, 1830, p. 997. 

 Clypeata platyrhynchos Brehm, Oken's Isis, 1830, p. 997. 

 Clypeata pomarina Brehm, Oken's Isis, 1830, p. 997. 

 Clypeata brachyrhynchos Brehm, Oken's Isis, 1830, p. 997. 

 Rhynchaspis virescens Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1832, p. 168. 

 Rhynchaspis macrorhynchos Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 377, 1855. 

 Rhynchaspis platyrhynchos Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 378, 1855. 

 Rhynchaspis pomarina Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 298. 

 Rhynchaspis brachyrhynchos Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 298. 

 Rhynchaspis platyuros Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 298. 

 Rhynchaspis clypeata a. mexicana Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 



43, p. 650, 1856. 

 Rhynchaspis spathulata C. F. Dubois, Planch. Col. Oiseaux Belg., vol. 3, p. 276, 



1860. 

 Rhynchasmus clypeata Konig, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 41, p. 104, 1893. 

 Spatula clypeata indiana Mathews, List Birds Australia, p. 92, 1913. 



Vernacular Names 



English: Shoveller, Spoonbill, Broadbill, Blue-wing Shoveller, Mud Duck, Red- 

 breasted Shoveller, Shovel-bill, Cowan, Cow-frog, Swaddle-bill, Shovelard, 

 Maiden Duck, Sheldrake, Whinyard, Rattle-wing, Britannia. 



German: Loffelente, Spatelente, Schildente, Schellente, Schallente, Moosente, 

 Moorente, Fliegenente, Miickenente, Breitschnabel, Raschenkopf, Taschen- 

 maul, Leppelschnute, Fasanente, Sloppen. 



