South African Shelduck

Tadorna cana - Tadorne à tête grise

Tadorne à tête grise
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tadorna

  • Species
    :

    cana

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 66 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1229 à 2200 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tadorne à tête grise
♂ adult
Tadorne à tête grise
♀ adult

South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Tadorne à tête grise,
  • Tarro sudafricano,
  • tadorna-sul-africana,
  • Kapgans,
  • szürkefejű ásólúd,
  • Kaapse Casarca,
  • Casarca del Sudafrica,
  • gråhuvad rostand,
  • Kapprustand,
  • kazarka sivohlavá,
  • husice šedohlavá,
  • Sydafrikansk Gravand,
  • kapinsorsa,
  • Kopereend (Bergeend),
  • ànec sud-africà,
  • kazarka szarogłowa,
  • Сероголовый огарь,
  • ネズミガシラツクシガモ,
  • 灰头麻鸭,
  • 灰頭麻鴨,

Voice song and cries

Tadorne à tête grise
adult

Habitat

Tadorne à tête grise
♂ adult

Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas

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: 08-08-2005
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