| Radjah shelduck | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Radjah Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Species: | R. radjah
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| Binomial name | |
| Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP, 1828)
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R. r. radjah (Lesson, RP, 1828) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tadorna radjah | |
The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah), is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas. It is known alternatively as the raja shelduck, black-backed shelduck, or in Australia as the Burdekin duck.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Radjah radjah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680029A92839434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680029A92839434.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.