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The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck, is a bird species in the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in).
Ruddy-headed goose: Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater, PL, 1861: 54 Radjah shelduck: Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP, 1828) 55 Common shelduck: Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) 56 Ruddy shelduck: Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) 57 South African shelduck: Tadorna cana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 58 Australian shelduck: Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine ...
Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus 1758) (common shelduck) LC; Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas 1764) (ruddy shelduck) LC; Tadorna cana (Gmelin 1789) (South African shelduck) LC †T. cf. variegata (Chatham Islands shelduck) Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby 1828) (Australian shelduck) LC; Tadorna variegata (Gmelin 1789) (paradise shelduck) LC
Ruddy Shelduck. Named for its beautiful coloring, the ruddy shelduck is a larger-sized bird that can be found across much of Asia, eastern Europe, and northwestern Africa.
The shelducks, most species of which are found in the genus Tadorna (except for the Radjah shelduck, which is now found in its own monotypic genus Radjah), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.
The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus, Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Euro-Siberian region of the Palearctic , mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb .
The carcasses appear to include an orange-brown ruddy shelduck, which is protected under Italian law. Andrea Zanoni, a regional councilor for the northern Italian Veneto region, that only ...
Réunion shelduck, the last of which had been hunted by 1710; [4] Mauritian shelduck, which was plentiful in 1681 and extinct in 1698; [5] Amsterdam duck, reported to be the favourite dish of Île Amsterdam's five resident sealers until 1793; [6] [7] Mauritian duck, which was found in "great numbers" in 1681 and last reported in 1696; [8]