Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
About the Common Shelduck
The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Palearctic, in Europe and northwest Africa mainly breeding on temperate coasts, saline pools and estuaries, and in Asia on inland salt lakes; increasingly it is also using open freshwater habitats inland. Wintering is in temperate to subtropical regions.
A real field recording of the Common Shelduck. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×2 · CC BY ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 537 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoidesprofile
- Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegatarecording
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginearecording
- South African ShelduckTadorna canaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.