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Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) 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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 284,576United Kingdom · 200,787Spain · 78,263France · 55,080Germany · 24,715Belgium · 13,173Italy · 10,306Switzerland · 1,926Luxembourg · 6Brazil · 2Peru · 1