Genus Spatula Boie, 1822

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spatula Boie, J.F. 1822. [Title unknown]. Isis von Oken, Jena 1822(5): 564.

  Type species:

   Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Querquedula Oken, L. 1817. Cuviers und Okens Zoologien neben einander gestellt. Isis (oder) Encyclopädische Zeitung 1: 1146-1185 [1183] [nomen nudum].
• Querquedula Stephens, J.F. 1824. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves, Part 2. London : G. Wilkie Vol. XII(2) pp. 1-264, pl. 36-64. [142].
• Rhynchaspis Shaw, G. 1824. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Aves. London : Kearsley, Wilkie & Robinson Vol. XII(2) pp. 1-264, pl. 36-64. [114].
• Rhynchoplatus Berthold, A.A. 1827. Nathrliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Weimar : Landes-Industrie x + 606 pp. [Date published 31 December+: This is a German translation of Latreille, 1825, and contains latinizations of some of Latreille's vernacular names] [84].
• Spathulea Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh (London) : Bell & Bradfute (and James Duncan) xxiii, 565 pp. [123].
• Clypeata Lesson, R.P. 1828. Manuel d' Ornithologie, ou Description des Genres et des principales Espèces d'Oiseaux. Paris : Roret Vol. 2 448 pp. [416].
• Rhyncapsis Cuvier, G., Gray, G.R., Gray, J.E., Griffith, E., Pidgeon, E. & Smith, C.H. 1830. The Animal Kingdom : arranged in conformity with its organization. London : G.B. Whittaker Vol. VIII. [669].
• Rhynchapeis Jardine & Selby, 1835.
• Rhynchapsis Fraser, L. 1840. no title given. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (VII): 134 [refers to a letter read aloud by L. Fraser during a meeting held on 24 September 1839] [134].
• Rhyncaspis Blyth, E., Johnston, G., Mudie, R. & Westwood, J.G. (eds) 1840. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom. Holborn Hill, London : Baker & Darby 670 pp. [265].
• Pterocyanea Bonaparte, C.L. 1841. Iconografia della Fauna Italica: per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo 1 (1832–1841) Mammiferi e Uccelli. Roma : Tipografia Salviucci. [publication date established from Salvadori, T. 1888. Le date della pubblicazione della 'Iconografia della Fauna Italicien' del Bonaparte ed Indice delle species illustrata in detta opera. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3(48): 1–25 [14–15]; 3rd page, unnumbered] [17].

Introduction

Genus resurrected to accommodate species previously placed in Anas following results presented in Gonzalez et al. 2009, see Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and Gill et al. (2020).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen Jr, J.V. (eds) 2013. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 4th. edition Vol. 1. Non-passerines. Eastbourne : Aves Press pp.461.

Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 25 Jul 2020. IOC World Bird List. 10.2. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/

Gonzalez, J., Düttmann, H. & Wink, M 2009. Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae. Journal of Zoology, London 279: 310-318 [313]

History of changes