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Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides

Described by: Jardine; Selby (1828)
Alternate common name(s): Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Mountain Duck
Old scientific name(s): Casarca tadornoides

Photographs

Coorong National Park, South Australia, Australia - Feb, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Australia - Date unknown © Colin Clark  Rotnest Island, Western Australia, Australia - Sep, 2008 © Richard O 
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Range

Sw. Australia; Se. Australia;
Two populations;
S. of 25°S in sw. Australia in sw. Western Australia s. of the Gascoyne River, then from Shark Bay, occasionally King Sound, to Esperance and w. of a line roughly from Lake Carnegie to Israelite Bay. S. of 30°S in se. Australia locally in sw. and se. Queensland (between Glenormiston and Birdsville), n. New South Wales s. of a rough line from Lake Bathurst, upper Lachlan River, Ivanhoe and Broken Hill (gathers at Lake George), Victoria and c. and e. South Australia (s. of the Murray River, Murrumbidgee and w. to Spencer Gulf, Narrung, Coorang, Lake Eyre, Cooper Creek) and Tasmania. Regularly reported in small numbers from all districts of New Zealand.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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