During the winter floods, teal, wigeon, goldeneye, tufted duck, pochard, shoveler and whooper swans visit. Bird species include gadwall, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, grey heron and mute swans. Also present are great crested grebe, mute swan and shoveler. The Australasian shoveler ("Spatula rhynchotis") is a species of dabbling duck in the genus "Spatula". The Australasian shoveler was described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. The northern shoveler communicates with a quiet quack, mostly heard at spring courtship. The status of the Australasian shoveler is least concern. The type species is the northern shoveler. The IUCN Red List sets the conservation status of the Cape shoveler as least concern. His first original sculptures, "The Shoveler" and "The Man Tired" were completed in 1903. The red shoveler breeds in the southern half of South America. The city had sent and paid a shoveler to clear her sidewalks. The shoveler prefers to nest in grassy areas away from open water.