Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
FreshwaterLeast concernLeast concern
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Mass
- 1.3 kg
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
In short
The common shelduck is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Palearctic, in Europe and northwest Africa mainly breeding on temperate coasts, saline pools and estuaries, and in Asia on inland salt lakes; increasingly it is also using open freshwater habitats inland. Wintering is in temperate to subtropical regions.
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The common shelduck is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna.