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What is the shoveler duck?

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The unrelated shoveler duck is sometimes called spoonbill, and there is a spoon-billed sandpiper. Spoonbills are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Ciconiiformes, family Threskiornithidae.

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