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Kingdom - Animals -
Animalia
Phylum - Vertebrates -
Craniata
Class - Birds -
Aves
Order - Ducks / Geese -
Anseriformes
Family - Swans / Geese / Ducks -
Anatidae
Species - Northern Shoveler -
Anas clypeata
Northern Shoveler -
Anas clypeata
Global Rank
:
G5
State Rank
:
S5B
Agency Status
USFWS
:
none
USFS
:
none
BLM
:
none
CFWCS Tier
:
3
PIF
:
none
General Description
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General Distribution
Montana Range
Western Hemisphere Range
Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations:
1167
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Relative Density
Recency
Breeding
(direct evidence "B")
Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")
No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")
Overwintering
(regular observations "W")
Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")
(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)
Migration
In Bozeman the spring peak in numbers was reached on May 1; the fall peak October 10 or early September (statewide). April 4 to May 25 and September 5 to November 5 is the normal migration period.
Habitat
Comments on habitat can be found in Holm 1984. In the Bozeman area, summer birds prefer the marshy borders of lakes and ponds; migrants are more widely distributed (Skaar 1969).
Ecology
At Freezeout Lake, birds nesting in grasslands are more successful (16.6%) than in all other habitat types (average of all types is 9.1%). The major cause of unsuccessful nests is skunk predation.
Reproductive Characteristics
Brood size averages 7.3 in rest-rotation grazing pastures in north-central Montana. Breeding has been recorded from mid-April to July 25. Young were observed in the Bozeman area on June 25. At Freezeout Lake hatching occurs from May 21 to July 20 (average 9.1% success rate). The average clutch size is 9.5. Hatching dates are from May 10 to July 31.
Additional Sources of Information Related to "Birds"
American Bird Conservancy
American Ornithologists Union
Audubon
Avian Science Center
BBS - North American Breeding Bird Survey
BIRDNET
Birds in a Sagebrush Sea - Managing Sagebrush Habitats for Bird Communities
Feather Atlas (Flight Feathers of North American Birds)
MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)
MOB (Montana's Bird Observation List Serve)
Montana Audubon
Montana Bird Checklist
Montana Bird Conservation Partnership and Montana Partners in Flight
Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Natural Heritage Tracker (Statewide Database of Animal Observations)
North American Breeding Bird Survey
Owl Research Institute
Royal Alberta Museum Bird Egg Exhibition
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Wing Image Collection at Slater Museum of Natural History
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