Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea(Pallas, PS, 1764)
English (US) Ruddy Shelduck
The Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) 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: breeds Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean northern Africa eastward through southern Russia to eastern China and in the south through TĂĽrkiye to Tibetan Plateau including Ladakh; winters to Ethiopia, southern India, and southeastern Asia; introduced in central Europe and the Canary Islands, and appears frequently elsewhereRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tadorna ferruginea
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas ferruginea
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
- Type locality
- No type locality given = Tartary.
- Original description
- Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant p.5 no.358
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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