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Taxonomic note
Spatula rhynchotis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Anas. Apparently closest to S. clypeata. New Zealand population often treated as a separate subspecies, variegata, but differences from Australian and Tasmanian birds are trivial. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	667 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	13,200,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	86700-163000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2023
Population trend	unknown	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.53 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size is estimated at 130,001-245,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2023), which equates to 86,700-163,000 mature individuals. The overall population trend is unknown (Wetlands International 2023).

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native		yes
New Caledonia (to France)	extant	vagrant			yes
New Zealand	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Australia	Bulloo Floodplain
Australia	Lake Bathurst
Australia	Lake Corangamite Complex
Australia	Lowbidgee Floodplain
Australia	Paroo Floodplain and Currawinya
Australia	Werribee and Avalon

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1120 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/australasian-shoveler-spatula-rhynchotis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.