Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna
Ducks and geese (Anatidae)

♂

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Large duck with a black head and neck, red-brown breast band, black stripes on its white back, white flanks and a black belly marking. The front of the wings are white, the rear and tips are black and a green speculum on its wings. The legs are fawn and the beak is red, the ♂ has a knob on the beak and the ♀ has a white marking at the beak base.

Nests are in old rabbit holes or tree burrows. Young from several couples is raised as a group.

⇔ l. 55-65 cm

Partly migratory lives mainly in coastal areas and in Asia inland.

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