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Casarca tadornoides
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.

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- related to Tadorna tadornoides. Wikispecies has information related to Australian shelduck. BirdLife International (2016). "Tadorna tadornoides". IUCN Red List...
- ferruginea) South African shelduck (Tadorna cana) Australian shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata) † Crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)...
- with the South African shelduck (T. cana), the Australian shelduck (T. tadornoides) and the paradise shelduck (T. variegata). Phylogenetic analysis shows...
- swan (Māori: poūwa) Cygnus sumnerensis X X Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides V V V V V V V V Paradise shelduck (Māori: pūtangitangi) Tadorna variegata...
- eytoni Yes No No No Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus Yes Yes Yes No Mountain duck / Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides No Yes Yes Yes...
- shedding water due to an oily coating. Australian shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides (A) Australian shoveler, Spatula rhynchotis Pacific black duck, Anas...
- shelduck Tadorna cana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 58 Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828) 59 Paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata (Gmelin...
- Cygnus atratus Radjah shelduck Radjah radjah Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata vagrant, Lord Howe Island & NSW Green...
- canadensis (A) Black swan, Cygnus atratus (A) Australian shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides (A) Australian shoveler, Spatula rhynchotis (A) Pacific black duck, Anas...
- Cygnus olor (I) Black swan, Cygnus atratus Australian shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides Australian wood duck, Chenonetta jubata Australasian shoveler, Spatula...