Cape Shoveler

Spatula smithii E.Hartert, 1891 — also called CASH. Occurrence records of the Cape Shoveler are shared on GBIF from around 72 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (5 603 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

72reserves with records

24 070records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Shoveler (Spatula smithii) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5 603
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 172
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 323
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 322
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 266
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	1 082
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	922
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	910
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	899
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	849
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	708
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	668
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	475
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	408
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	349
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	346
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	323
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	284
Assegaaibosch Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	275
Jonkershoek Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	275
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	260
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	239
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	225
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	224
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	211
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	208
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	207
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	186
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	168
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	125
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	124
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	124
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	120
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	112
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	88
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	84
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	81
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	79
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	78
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	74
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	68
Himeville Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	43
Ceres Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	41
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	41
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	38
Avani Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	37
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	34
Kwandwe Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	26
Randfontein Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	GP Gauteng	24
eMalahleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	23
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	19
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	18
Walker Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	18
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	16
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	16
Huisklip Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	15
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	13
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Bontebok Ridge ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	10

and 12 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 49 reserves
Eastern Cape: 7 reserves
Gauteng: 6 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves
Mpumalanga: 3 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Spatula smithii
GBIF taxon: 9360401
Wikidata: Q28106937

More of the Anatidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.