Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna - Tadorne de Belon

Tadorne de Belon
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tadorna

  • Species
    :

    tadorna

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 67 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 110 à 133 cm.
  • Weight
    : 562 à 1400 g
Longevity

16 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tadorne de Belon
♂ adult
Tadorne de Belon
♀ adult plum. breeding

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Tadorne de Belon,
  • Tarro blanco,
  • tadorna-branca,
  • Brandgans,
  • bütykös ásólúd,
  • Bergeend,
  • Volpoca,
  • gravand,
  • Gravand,
  • kazarka pestrá,
  • husice liščí,
  • Gravand,
  • ristisorsa,
  • ànec blanc,
  • Brandönd,
  • ohar,
  • Sāmsalas pīle,
  • duplinska kozarka,
  • Пеганка,
  • ツクシガモ,
  • 翘鼻麻鸭,
  • เป็ดเชลดัก,
  • 花鳧〔翹鼻麻鴨〕,

Voice song and call

Tadorne de Belon
♂ adult

Habitat

Tadorne de Belon
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; 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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