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Brahminy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

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Field Notes

Description:

A large brown duck with paler head and neck and sometimes a faint black collar at its base. Wings, white, black and green. Tail black. Female similar, but lacking the black collar and almost whitish head. A vigilant duck which eats vegetable matter, aquatic insects and fish, crabs and reptiles.

Habitat:

Often seen around mudspits and sandbanks.

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Thanks AliShiekh, added to the global flight mission.
great! contribute your photos to the global flight mission!
Uploaded the last two pics from a recent spotting at the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2011

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