Tadorna

Shelducks
Female common shelduck
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Tadorninae
Genus: Tadorna
F. Boie, 1822
Type species
Anas familiaris[1] = Anas tadorna
Boie, 1822
Species

T. ferruginea
T. cana
T. tadornoides
T. variegata
T. cristata
T. tadorna

Synonyms

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The shelducks, most species of which are found in the genus Tadorna (except for the Radjah shelduck, which is now found in its own monotypic genus Radjah), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.

  1. ^ "Anatidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.