Cape shoveler [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Ernst Hartert in 1891 under the present binomial name "Spatula smithii". The specific epithet commemorates the Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith.
The IUCN Red List sets the conservation status of the Cape shoveler as least concern.
References.
- Madge, & Burn, "Wildfowl"
- Sinclair, Ian, Hockey, Phil, and Tarboton, Warwick "SASOL Birds of Southern Africa" (Struik 2002)
External links.
- Cape Shoveler -Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
the winter theyt have been seen to kill domestic ducks, geese, coots, and swans.
Conservation status.
The Cape clawless otter is not under severe pressure and its conservation status is Red List Category Near Threatened, as assessed in 2014 by the IUCN. Human conflict with this species is mainly from changes in habitat due to fishing, water pollution, agriculture run-off, and the introduction of Louisiana crayfish, which has altered the prey base in the otter's ecosystem. Cape clawless otters can be hunted for