Birds of the World

    ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)  
Genus: Tadorna (6 species)


South African Shelduck
South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Range: AF: Namibia, Botswana and South Africa
Rondevlei Nature Reserve, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) Critically Endangered
Range: PAL: ne Asia
 



Ruddy Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Range: PAL: s Europe to c Asia, nw Africa and Ethiopia
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Common Shelduck
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Range: PAL, AF: w Europe to ne China
San Diego Zoo, California, USA  
 
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info


Australian Shelduck
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) Male
Range: AU: s Australia (except c) and Tasmania
Perth, Western Australia, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Australian Shelduck
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) Female
Range: AU: s Australia (except c) and Tasmania
Perth, Western Australia, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Female in flight.

Paradise Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata) Male
Range: AU: North, South, Stewart and satellites (New Zealand)
New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Shellie Evans     Copyright and usage info

Paradise Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata) Female
Range: AU: North, South, Stewart and satellites (New Zealand)
New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Shellie Evans     Copyright and usage info



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