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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 .
[4] [5] The type species is the common shelduck. [5] The genus name comes from the French name Tadorne for the common shelduck. [6] It may originally derive from Celtic roots meaning "pied waterfowl", essentially the same as the English "shelduck". [7] A group of them is called a "dopping," taken from the Harley Manuscript. [8]
At Chilika Lake, Mangalajodi, Odisha, India. The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a member of the shelduck genus Tadorna; in the wildfowl family Anatidae.The bird was first described in 1764 by the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas who named it Anas ferruginea, but later it was transferred to the genus Tadorna with the other shelducks.
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