Cape Shoveler

When to see the Cape Shoveler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cape Shoveler

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cape Shoveler

The Cape shoveler or Cape shoveller is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Spatula. It is resident in South Africa, and uncommon further north in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zambia.

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Easily confused with

Silver TealSpatula versicolorThey have a black cap that extends below the eyes, and a bluish bill with a yellow tip. Red ShovelerSpatula plataleaThe species has a spatula-shaped bill, a green speculum, and light blue upper wing converts. Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentotaAdult males have dark brown crown contrasting with paler face, throat, breast and side except for a blackish thumb-shaped patch on the ear region.