{"id":735,"date":"2017-02-17T07:16:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T06:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=735"},"modified":"2020-06-14T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T19:32:11","slug":"common-shelduck-tadorna-tadorna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Common Shelduck<br> <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&gt;&gt; GENERAL &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; very large duck, proportions like goose, much larger than <a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=4189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mallard<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; diurnal migrant, possibly nocturnal movement as well<br \/>\n&#8211; migrates in small to medium flocks in formation<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; VISUAL ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=9040\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2192_MPU_CI2Q4762_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2192_MPU_CI2Q4762_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2192_MPU_CI2Q4762_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2192_MPU_CI2Q4762_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2192_MPU_CI2Q4762_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF2192, 07\/09\/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=6171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6171 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6171 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1386_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1386_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1386_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1386_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1386_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, F AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1386, 01\/07\/2015, R\u00fcgen, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=6172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6172 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6172 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1387_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1387_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1387_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1387_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1387_RNE_csheld-AD-F-1_01072015_d_ruegen-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, F AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1387, 01\/07\/2015, R\u00fcgen, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=9042\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2194_MPU_CI2Q4664_07092017_tadtad_ad_f_mng_dornod-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2194_MPU_CI2Q4664_07092017_tadtad_ad_f_mng_dornod.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2194_MPU_CI2Q4664_07092017_tadtad_ad_f_mng_dornod-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2194_MPU_CI2Q4664_07092017_tadtad_ad_f_mng_dornod-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2194_MPU_CI2Q4664_07092017_tadtad_ad_f_mng_dornod-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, F AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF2194, 07\/09\/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF114_MPU_I1Q1768_140530_csheld_mng_buir-nuur.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2162 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2162 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF114_MPU_I1Q1768_140530_csheld_mng_buir-nuur.jpg\" alt=\"BIF114_MPU_I1Q1768_140530_csheld_mng_buir-nuur\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, M F AD BREED<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0114, 30\/05\/2014, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF115_MPU_PMA1112_110517_csheld_mongolia_ohoibalsan-kherlen-gol.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2163 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2163 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF115_MPU_PMA1112_110517_csheld_mongolia_ohoibalsan-kherlen-gol.jpg\" alt=\"BIF115_MPU_PMA1112_110517_csheld_mongolia_ohoibalsan-kherlen-gol\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, M AD BREED, F 3CY<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0115, 17\/05\/2011, Choibalsan-Kherlen Gol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=6178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6178 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6178 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1396_MHE_4438_110509_csheld-AD-M-F_d_greifswald-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1396_MHE_4438_110509_csheld-AD-M-F_d_greifswald.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1396_MHE_4438_110509_csheld-AD-M-F_d_greifswald-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1396_MHE_4438_110509_csheld-AD-M-F_d_greifswald-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1396_MHE_4438_110509_csheld-AD-M-F_d_greifswald-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, M F AD BREED (left M possibly 3CY)<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1396, 09\/05\/2011, Greifswald, Germany, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=6179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6179 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6179 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1397_MHE_7075_145013_csheld-AD-M-F_d_katinger-watt-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1397_MHE_7075_145013_csheld-AD-M-F_d_katinger-watt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1397_MHE_7075_145013_csheld-AD-M-F_d_katinger-watt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1397_MHE_7075_145013_csheld-AD-M-F_d_katinger-watt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF1397_MHE_7075_145013_csheld-AD-M-F_d_katinger-watt-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, M AD BREED (left), M 2CY (right), 2CY probably M<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1397, 13\/05\/14, Katinger Watt, Germany, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=9041\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2193_MPU_CI2Q9917_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2193_MPU_CI2Q9917_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2193_MPU_CI2Q9917_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2193_MPU_CI2Q9917_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BIF2193_MPU_CI2Q9917_07092017_tadtad_juv_mng_dornod-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF2193, 07\/09\/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF322_MPU_I1Q9075_121022_csheld_d_jadebusen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2164 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2164 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF322_MPU_I1Q9075_121022_csheld_d_jadebusen.jpg\" alt=\"BIF322_MPU_I1Q9075_121022_csheld_d_jadebusen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0322, 22\/10\/2012, Jadebusen, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; ACOUSTIC ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-735-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF116-1_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF116-1_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3\">https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF116-1_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF116-3_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2080 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2080 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF116-3_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.jpg\" alt=\"BIF116-3_PFR03360_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, calls in flight, wing sound<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF116, 10\/05\/2009, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-735-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF117-1_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF117-1_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3\">https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF117-1_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF117-3_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2081 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2081 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF117-3_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S.jpg\" alt=\"BIF117-3_PFR03361_1-10_090510_csheld-WS-FC_gr-oie_REF-S\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Common Shelduck <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em>, calls in flight, wing sound<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF117, 10\/05\/2009, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; COMPARISON SPECIES &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruddy Shelduck<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egyptian Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=4999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Eider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#waterbird #waterfowl #wildfowl<\/p>\n<p>#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;&gt; GENERAL &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &#8211; very large duck, proportions like goose, much larger than Mallard &#8211; diurnal migrant, possibly nocturnal movement as well &#8211; migrates in small to medium flocks in formation &gt;&gt; VISUAL ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna, 1CY BIF2192, 07\/09\/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna, F AD BIF1386, 01\/07\/2015, R\u00fcgen, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=735\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Common Shelduck<br \/> <em>Tadorna tadorna<\/em><\/span> <span 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