Northern Shoveler Songs and Calls

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Northern Shoveler: Female decrescendo lower than teal, faster than Mallard or Gadwall. • Female gives a distinctive, short, two-syllable quack (near nest) as well as a single husky quack. • Male gives an odd two-syllable shuck-shuck; sometimes single notes repeated evenly. • Male wing whistle low and thumping.

Female decrescendo:

Female call:

Male call:

Wing sound:

Credits:All text copyright Michael O'Brien. All sounds copyright Macaulay Library. Image copyright Brian E. Small.