Australian Shelduck: Male (front) & Female (behind)

Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Waterfowls (Anseriformes)

Family:

Waterbird (Anatidae)

Species:

Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)

This Photo:

Male (front) & Female (behind)

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
These two were in captivity, in a zoo. We'll replace the images as soon as we photograph some in the wild.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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