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Australasian Shoveler




  Name Australasian Shoveler
  Regnum Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Anseriformes
  Familia Anatidae
  Genus ''''' Anas '''''
  Species '''''A rhynchotis'''''
  Binomial ''Anas rhynchotis''
  Binomial Authority Latham , 1802
  Subdivision Ranks Subspecies


The Australasian Shoveler (''Anas rhynchotis'') is a species of Dabbling Duck in the genus '' Anas ''. The male's head is blue-grey, with a vertical white crescent. It ranges from 46-53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. It is Protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.