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Definition of T cornuta or tadorna

T cornuta or tadorna
Sheldrake Shel"drake`, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, or tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck, bergander, burrow duck, and links goose. Note: The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck (C. rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake (C. leucoptera), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.

Meaning of T cornuta or tadorna from wikipedia

- The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of bird that belongs to a relatively small family, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical...
- Genus Tadorna Boie 1822 †Tadorna minor Kessler & Hir 2012 †Tadorna petrina Kuročkin 1985 Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus 1758) (common shelduck) LC Tadorna ferruginea...
- ferina (A) VU Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (A) LC Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A) LC Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha (A) LC Egyptian goose...
- Unconfirmed sighting in 1971 (IUCN). BirdLife International (2016). "Tadorna cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680021A92839214...