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Burdekin Duck

Tadorna radjah

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

The raja shelduck or radjah shelduck (Tadorna radjah), also known as the Burdekin duck in Australia, is a species of shelduck.

Habitat:

Phillip Island Wildlife Park.

Burdekin ducks mainly keep to brackish waters, mud banks and mangrove-fringed mouths of tropical rivers. During the wet season they also visit inland freshwater swamps and lagoons.

Reference Links:

Raja shelduck, Burdekin Duck

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PublishedOctober 13, 2014

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