Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Northern Shoveler

  FAMILY -               Anatidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Anas clypeata

  REFERENCES - 1

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Winter visitor - migrant.                                 11
  Winter visitor - migrant.                                  3
  Transient, present briefly as migrant.                     3
  Vulnerable in Belize                                      10
  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities    10
  Hunted - subsistence or commercial                        10
  U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty                                 7
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               4
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Private land, see comments            Collected as voucher                  9
  Private land, see comments                                 Dry season       5
  Private land, see comments                                                  6
  

  

                                        
  

  Elevation        Reference

  1-200 m               8
  1-200 m               9
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45'           6
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45'           9
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           4
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           8
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical     9
  Subtropical moist                            8
  

  General Distribution Comments

  11* Rare northern semideciduous moist forest.
      Rare coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas.
  6* Big Falls Rice Farm
  5* NOVA
  3* Transient Winter visitor, uncommon in northern hardwood forests and
     coastal savannas.

  References

  1  A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed.
  
  2  A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements.
  
  3  Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of
     Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12.
  
  4  Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary.
     in prep.
  
  5  McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 -
     December 15, 1993.  Unpublished list.
  
  6  Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize
     Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report.
  
  7  Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List
     of Migratory Birds.  U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794.
     (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird
     Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711).
  
  8  Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995.
     Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996.
  
  9  ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize
     specimens through Jan. 1, 1997.  Provided by Brad Millen.
  
  10 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize,
     Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern.  Report to Programme for
     Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
  
  11 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of
     the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.