Common shelduck: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common shelduck lives – recorded in 57 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tadorna tadorna
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	57 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	78 g (birth weight); 1.26 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.04 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the common shelduck live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common shelduck in 57 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa. In Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, United States it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common shelduck?

Wikidata records the following for the common shelduck: mass 78 g (birth weight); 1.26 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.04 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the common shelduck endangered?

The common shelduck’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common shelduck?

The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Tadorna. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common shelduck (revision 1369667709), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25761 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).