Radjah Shelduck

Radjah radjah - Tadorne radjah

Tadorne radjah
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Radjah

  • Species
    :

    radjah

Descriptor

Garnot Lesson, RP, 1828

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 61 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 930 à 1130 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tadorne radjah
adult
Tadorne radjah
adult

Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Radjah radjah radjah (Moluccas to New Guinea)
  • Radjah radjah rufitergum (n and e Australia)

Foreign names

  • Tadorne radjah,
  • Tarro rajá,
  • tadorna-da-oceânia,
  • Radjahgans,
  • radjah ásólúd,
  • Radjaheend,
  • Casarca del ragià,
  • vithuvad gravand,
  • Beltegravand,
  • kazarka radža,
  • husice bělohlavá,
  • Radjahgravand,
  • pulmussorsa,
  • ànec de collar,
  • kazarka nadobna,
  • Пеганка-раджа,
  • Umukia raja,
  • シロガシラツクシガモ,
  • 白腹麻鸭,
  • 白腹麻鴨,

Voice song and cries

Tadorne radjah
adult

Habitat

Tadorne radjah
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 14-09-2011
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