Spatula (bird)

Spatula
	Male Northern shoveler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Spatula; Boie 1822
Type species
	Spatula clypeata;
Synonyms
	Anas (Pterocyanea) Bonaparte 1841; Querquedula Stephens 1824; Querquedula Oken 1817 nomen nudum; Rhynchaspis Stephens 1824; Rhynchoplatus Berthold 1827; Cyanopterus Bonaparte1838 non Haliday 1835; Clypeata Lesson 1828; Anas (Micronetta) Roberts 1922; Adelonetta Heine & Reichenow 1890; Punanetta Bonaparte 1856;

Spatula is a genus of duck of the family Anatidae. Species historically included in this genus are now typically assigned to the genus Anas instead.^[2]

Phylogeny

Based on the Taxonomy in Flux from John Boyd's website.^[3]

Spatula

(Querquedula)

S. querquedula (Linnaeus 1758) (Garganey)

(Punanetta)

S. hottentota (Eyton 1838) (Hottentot teal)

	S. puna (Lichtenstein) Tschudi 1844 (Puna teal)

	S. versicolor Vieillot 1816 (Silver teal)

(Spatula)

S. platalea Vieillot 1816 (Red shoveler)

	S. discors Linnaeus 1766 (Blue-winged teal)

	S. cyanoptera Vieillot 1816 (Cinnamon teal)

S. smithii (Hartert 1891) (Cape shoveler)

	S. clypeata Linnaeus 1758) (Northern shoveler)

	S. rhynchotis Latham 1801 (Australasian shoveler)

References

^ "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Retrieved 30 June 2016. {{cite journal}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
^ Birdlife search results
^ Taxonomy in Flux [1] Boyd, John (2007). "Anatini" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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[1] "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Retrieved 30 June 2016. {{cite journal}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)

[2] Birdlife search results

[Boyd-3] Taxonomy in Flux [1] Boyd, John (2007). "Anatini" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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