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Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler



Anas clypeata
Anas clypeata
Anas clypeata

לארשי

.היחש וא החונמ ןמזב תיניפוא הרוצב ןכרומ ושאר .ומש ןאכמו קרמ תחירמל ףכה יומד ורוקמב רכינ :תירמ
.תובוהצ ויניעש םיננסמה םיזוורבה ןיבמ דיחיה .הלחלחכ ףנכה תמדקו םיינומרע ףוגה ידיצ ,ןבל הזחה ,ההכ קורי ושאר
.לוחכה הפנכ לגדו דבכה הרוקמב תלדבנ היכרבה תבקנל המוד הבקנה
,םיה תברקבו תשביה םינפב תצקמב םיחולמ וא םיקותמ םימ ולודיג תיב
.הבורמ היחמצ תורוטעה תולפשבש תוציבב םג אצמנ
.יוצמ ףרוחו חרוא רבוע ץראב
ב"ע ,דע םיחספ ... אזווא רב היל ולפטו אתולג שיר יבל עלקיא אבר ...
Subspecies and Distribution.
Anas clypeata Palearctic and Nearctic.

Descriptive notes.

45-55 cm, 400-1000 g. wingspan 70-85 cm. Green speculum, with light blue upperwing coverts and orange legs.
Female similar to that of A. platyrhynchos except in bill and upperwing. Juvenile resembles, female, though darker above and with a duller upperwing.

Habitat.

Variety of shallow, freshwater wetlands, preferably well vegetated lakes and marshes with muddy shores in open country.
Winters on brackish lagoons and tidal mud flats.

Food and Feeding

Varied diet, Green part of aquatic plants and grass , leaves, stems, roots and seeds, Many terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates and insects.
Feeds by dabbling and water filtering from surface, head dipping and upending also dives in shallow waters.

Breeding.

Apr-May, in single pairs.
Nest is depression grass lined with feathers and down.
9-11 eggs, incubation 21-23 days. Chicks have dark olivaceous brown down above, buffesh below. Sexual maturity at 1 year.

Movements.

Migratory. S to winter at lower latitudes in USA, C America, Mediterranean basin, Middle East, India and S E Asia.

Status and Conservation.

Not globaly threatened. Widespread, common to abundant.

Israel.

In Israel the subspecies Anas clypeata Very common passage migrant and winter visitor, rare summer visiter and very rare casual berrder. Over most parts of country.

Anas clypeata
(in Israel)

Anas clypeata

Anas clypeata

Anas clypeata

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