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Northern Shoveler - (Anas clypeata) 

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Identification

  • Large duck
  • Both sexes have long, flat bills
  • Male green head with long, flat, dark bill
             white breast, brown on sides with white
         areas above and at tail end
  • Female mottled brown like female mallard,
         but has large flat bill
  • 19" (48 cm.)

Habitat

  • Wetlands, ponds

Additional Information

  • Migrant
  • Uncommon breeders in Wisconsin
  • More common in western North America
  • Mallard drakes have similar colors

Male Northern Shoveler in wetland

Pair of Northern Shovelers

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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