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🌏 Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianShelduck #ChestnutBreastedShelduck #MountainDuck #Shelducks #Ducks #Waterfowl | #birds🦜 #birdsoftheworld

📷: Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) by pen_ash via Pixabay 2021

The photo shows a large and striking goose-like duck. Males (pictured) are predominantly dark with a chestnut breast, a white neck collar, and a dark green head. Females are similar but with a white eye ring and smaller size. Both sexes have chestnut and black wings with a green patch, and show white on their wings in flight.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Breeding in southern Australia and Tasmania, many birds migrate further north in the country during winter.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
Family: Anatidae (Duck, Geese and Swan family)
Genus: Tadorna (Shelducks)
Species: T. tadornoides

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