Galapagos Species Database
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Anas clypeata
Pato Cuchara Norteño, Northern Shoveler
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anas
Species
clypeata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.. Spatula clypeata Linnaeus, 1758.
Origin: Migrant
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Freire, P. (2013) Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata, a new species for the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Cotinga 35: 86.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anas clypeata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17595. Accessed 3 November 2026.