Australasian Shoveler

The meaning of Spatula is not known. Rhyncos is Greek for beak.

Bardoongooba (bar’doo’noo’bar).

Found in Australia and New Zealand. In Western Australia it can be found from Carnarvon in the north to Israelite Bay in the east.

This duck is about 45 – 55 centimetres long with a 70 – 80 centimetre wingspan.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 982 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 10 years 6 months after being banded (information as at 14 June 2012).

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bdf18035-665d-47a1-bb8b-789aaf62223e