Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Shoveler, Northern Shoveler)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler)
GenusSpatula (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Spatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler) :
1: Spatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler)
20 Oct 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in saline lagoon
Image 1: Male - front three-quarter viewImage 2: Male - front three-quarter view (2)Image 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - leg raised - lateral view

Spatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Spatula clypeata (Shoveler, Northern Shoveler)
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