NORTHERN SHOVLER

Description:

The northern shoveler or northern shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the shoveller, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, wintering in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Central, and northern South America.

Habitat:

This is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some emergent vegetation. This bird winters in southern Europe, Africa, Sri Lanka, India, northern South America, and the Malay Archipelago.