Spatula (bird)

Spatula
	Male northern shoveler
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Tribe:	Anatini
Genus:	Spatula; Boie, F, 1822
Type species
	Anas clypeata; (now Spatula clypeata); Linnaeus, 1758
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; Fugaluna Trennins 1858;

Spatula is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the shovelers, garganey, and several species of American teals.