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English Common Shelduck
Scientific (Tadorna tadorna)
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Anatidae
Family (English) Ducks, Geese, Swans
Other name(s) Shelduck, Tadorne de Belon
Breeding Regions PAL, AF
Breeding Range Subregions w Europe to ne China
Nonbreeding Range Subregions n AF, n India and s China
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Egypt,Estonia,Finland,France, Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq, Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia, Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova,Mongolia, Montenegro,Morocco,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,Niger,North Korea,Norway,Oman,Pakistan, Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia, South Africa,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan, Thailand,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Brandgans
French Tadorne de Belon
Chinese 翘鼻麻鸭
Japanese ツクシガモ
Russian Пеганка
Spanish Tarro blanco
Portuguese tadorna-branca
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)