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Tadorna tadorna

[edit] Identification

• White body
• Chestnut breast band
• Green neck and head (looks black)
• Black scapulars, flight feathers and stripe from breast band to vent
• Reddish-yellow undertail coverts
• White tail with black tip
• Red bill with fleshy knob (larger in spring Male)

[edit] Distribution

Palearctic region; winters to Near East, India and Myanmar.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Photo by ody
Axios Delta, Greece December 2008

Estuaries, lakes, rivers and salt marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

They nest in burrows, holes, caves and cliffs. The nest is lined with down for the 8-12 white eggs. Both sexes incubate and care for the young.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes invertebrates.

[edit] Vocalistion

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
3. BWPI
4. Wikipedia
5. bio.edu.ee

• List of references

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