Bird
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 5 habitats.
- Here
- Winter and on migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 5

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter and on migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 5
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 5
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (61)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
- Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
- Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Winter.
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
- South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 30 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 30 m of water.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 30 m of water.
- Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 57 of 75 counties.
- Winter: does not nest here, in 31 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 201
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer rubrum var. drummondii
Wildlife 232
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Northern Shoveler Slow streams only
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)












































