Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
(L 19" WS 30" Wt 1.3 lb)
Albuquerque Botanical
Gardens
14Mar2012
In addition to No & So Amer. is
also found in south Europe
Africa, India and SE Asia.
Nathan Pieplow,
XC17795
female
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have
at least to consider the possibility that we have a small
aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
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