๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Australian Shoveler live?

Spatula rhynchotis has 194,942 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1839 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Australian Shoveler
Australian Shoveler โ€” JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeSpatula

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 153,950
New Zealand 40,824
Netherlands 65
Belgium 58
Cocos Islands 17
France 8
United Kingdom 7
Germany 4
United Arab Emirates 2
Wallis & Futuna 2
Switzerland 1
Spain 1
Isle of Man 1
Nigeria 1
Vanuatu 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.