Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Spatula clypeata
Anas clypeata
Northern Shoveller / Pato cuchara

Size:  44-52 cm
Habitat
They live in wetlands, marshes, lagoons, dams, deltas. They can be seen in couples incessantly submerging their shovel-like, large beaks to slight depths.
There are great dimorphisms between the males (very attractive bluish black heads and orange-coloured plumage) and the females, (brown coloured plumage and dun beaks).
They reach the south of the Iberian Peninsula at the beginning of winter, escaping the cold temperatures in the north of Europe.
They are very abundant in Doñana from the beginning of autumn to the spring.  They can be seen in all the wetlands.
They are included in the National List of Endangered Species.