Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Anatidae [family]

Spatula [genus] (3)

Anatidae [family]

Spatula [genus] (3)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
	To be expected (3c)

Distribution description	North America and temperate Eurasia.

Notes on presence status	First observed in 2002 on St. Martin (Brown & Collier, 2006). Winter visitor. This bird might be a very infrequent visitor of the Dutch Caribean Islands according to Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Saba and St. Eustatius.

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Brown, A.C., Collier, N. 2006. New and rare Bird records from St. Martin, West Indies. Cotinga 23: 52-58.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
Prins, T.G., J.H. Reuter, A.O. Debrot, J. Wattel & V. Nijman 2009. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea 97(2): 137-268.
Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press.