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Common Shelduck

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Tadorna tadorna Scientific name 
Anseriformes Order
Anatidae Family   
58-67cm    Length
Coastal estuaries large bodies of water, grassland Habitat
8-10 eggs April-May incubated by female for 30 days. Clutch  
Crustaceans, fish, insects, worms and some plant material Food   Diet
Gregareous when not breeding forming large flocks.           Habits
399 World Number

Least concern                            

Status

Photo by Arthur Grosset © all rights reserved

Video by Keith Murdock January 19, 2007© all rights reserved

Slideshow courtesy The Friends Of Worldbirds © all rights reserved
Beauty Doubled by 120SQN.

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Common Shelduck flight call
(Tadorna tadorna)
Niels Krabbe XC25701
24-07-1982, Denmark

 Embedded file Common Shelduck duck calls
(Tadorna tadorna)
Stuart Fisher XC30389
12-04-2001, United Kingdom

view photos Uploaded on May 4, 2008 by 120SQN © all rights reserved
 

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