Female Red Shoveler Duck - Spatula platalea
A species of dabbling duck that is native to South America and can sometimes be also known as the Argentine Red Shoveler. Preferred habitat is dense reed beds, lagoons, marshes and shallow lakes and pools. Like other species of shovelers they feed by sifting the surface of the water filtering out small aquatic animals and plants through their bill which contains tiny vertical slits known as lamellae along the lower and upper sides of the bill. The female hen differs from the male who has a red to pink plumage.
Female Red Shoveler Duck - Spatula platalea
A species of dabbling duck that is native to South America and can sometimes be also known as the Argentine Red Shoveler. Preferred habitat is dense reed beds, lagoons, marshes and shallow lakes and pools. Like other species of shovelers they feed by sifting the surface of the water filtering out small aquatic animals and plants through their bill which contains tiny vertical slits known as lamellae along the lower and upper sides of the bill. The female hen differs from the male who has a red to pink plumage.