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Ruddy shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
46.0036, 5.02809
Field Notes
Description:
Fairly large duck (some 60 cm in length) with long neck and long dark legs. Body predominantly orange-brown, while the head and neck are much paler, cinnamon buff in color, with white face. The beak is dark brown to blackish. The bird pictured here must be a juvenile, as adults develop a black neck ring in summer.
Habitat:
Here seen in shallow wetlands - (not in cage) in and around a Bird Park Villars-les-Dombes, in a marshy area of Dombes; France.
Notes:
Also known as Brahminy duck in India.
Reference Links:
Ruddy shelduck - Wikipedia
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2018
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