Shelducks | |
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Female common shelduck | |
Scientific 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
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Species | |
T. ferruginea | |
Synonyms | |
see text |
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.