Crested Shelduck
Tadorna cristata(Kuroda, Nm, 1917)
English (US) Crested Shelduck
The Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: formerly Siberia and Korea; probably extinct, last reported 1916Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tadorna cristata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Crested Shelduck
- Described by
- (Kuroda, Nm, 1917)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pseudotadorna cristata
- Described by
- (Kuroda, Nm, 1917)
- Type locality
- Naktung River, near Fusan, Korea.
- Original description
- Tori (Japanese Journal of Ornithology) 1 p.1,2 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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