Ruddy shelduck: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ruddy shelduck lives – recorded in 43 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tadorna ferruginea
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	43 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	83 g (birth weight); 1.36 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.1 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the ruddy shelduck live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ruddy shelduck in 43 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Hefei. In Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland 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 ruddy shelduck?

Wikidata records the following for the ruddy shelduck: mass 83 g (birth weight); 1.36 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.1 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the ruddy shelduck endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the ruddy shelduck?

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

About the ruddy shelduck

The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a bird species in the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in). It has orange-brown body plumage with a paler head, while the tail and the flight feathers in the wings are black, contrasting with the white wing-coverts. It is a migratory bird, wintering in the Indian subcontinent and breeding in southeastern Europe and central Asia, though there are small resident populations in North Africa. It has a loud honking call.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ruddy shelduck (revision 1361980691), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q170723 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).