Kuruwhengi — Australasian shoveler

Spatula rhynchotis

The Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Spatula. It ranges from 46 to 53 cm (18 to 21 in). It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. They occur in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. The male has a blue-grey head with a vertical white crescent in front of the eyes.

Ko te Kuruwhengi he manu waimāori o Aotearoa. He momo pārera, he rarahi ngā ngutu, he tohu mā kei mua i ngā karu. He hāura kōtingotingo te uma, he ura te puku. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o te Kuruwhengi he Anas rhynchotis variegata. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i te reo Pākehā he Shoveller Duck.

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