The common shelduck is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus, Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Euro-Siberian region of the Palearctic, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb.
Image: Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) at Sylvan Heights
Image: Tadorna tadorna (aka)
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The shelducks, most species of which are found in the genus Tadorna, are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.
Tadorna
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Image: Gravand (Tadorna tadorna) Ystad 2017
Image: Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas 1764)