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	Shelducks
		The Shelducks, genus Tadorna, 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.
		A shelduck is approximately 58.5 cm in length and has a white plumage with bold brown and fl markings.
		Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata : The Crested Shelduck or Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) is (or was) a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the duck family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
	www.avianweb.com /shelducks.html (342 words)

	Common Shelduck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
		This species is mainly associated with lakes and rivers in open country, breeding in rabbit burrows, tree holes, haystacks or similar.
		In winter it is common on suitable estuaries and tidal mudflats as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Shelduck (215 words)

	Common shelduck
		Two female common shelducks can now be observed in the Zoo's new Asian Birds exhibit.
		»» The shelduck's flight is similar to that of the goose.
		»» Although the common shelduck population decreased in the 19th century, it has since increased its numbers, partly due to the fact that it has adapted to inland water habitats.
	www.kcmo.org /kc150.nsf/web/shelduck?opendocument (221 words)

	China 2004 trip list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Common in reeds at Xinghai Reserve where many good views obtained; also good views of some at Beijing's Summer Palace (including a likely late migrant that was in bushes instead of reeds).
		Common in the mountain forests at Wulingshan (where we found a nest with young and many adults were carrying food) and Bao Qo (north of Xining) but a bit less so at Huzu Bei Shan where the next species dominates.
		Common in grasslands of the Qinghai Plateau where it is considered a 'keystone' species (Chien-Hsun and Smith 1996).
	montereybay.com /creagrus/China2004list.html (8318 words)

	Towhee.net - A Yank Birds in Europe: Farne Islands, England
		Common, Arctic, Sandwich and the now very local Roseate Tern all breed as well as Common Eider, Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover.
		Common Wren is a permanent resident on the islands as is Rock Pipit, Barn Swallow is a summer visitor.
		Common Teal and Mallard often visit the pool on Brownsman.
	www.towhee.net /europe/farne.html (436 words)

	Shelduck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The shelduck is a common waterfowl found throughout most of Europe and in parts of Asia.
		The common shelduck can be found near the sea or near large lakes.
		Shelducks feed on small water animals and seem particularly fond of snails.
	www.alientravelguide.com /science/biology/life/animals/chordata/vertebra/aves/anserifo/shelduck.htm (80 words)

	Encyclopedia: Shelduck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Binomial name Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine and Selby, 1828) The Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
		Binomial name Tadorna cristata (Kuroda, 1917) The Crested Shelduck or Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) is (or was) a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
		Binomial name Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shelduck (640 words)

	Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna): Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Common Shelduck is a large, somewhat goose-like duck with very dark green head, some fl markings and chestnut breastband from the back of the neck to the beginning of the wings.
		The Common Shelduck builds its nest into caves, deserted burrows of foxes and badgers, wide clefts in cliffs and other similar places.
		Its nests have been found in stone fences, under the floors and ceilings of dwelling houses.
	www.animals-online.be /birds/common_shelduck.html (269 words)

	Tadorninae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This group is largely tropical or Southern Hemisphere in distribution, with only two species, the common Shelduck and the Ruddy Shelduck breeding in northern temperate regions, though the Crested Shelduck (presumed extinct) was also a northern species.
		Most of these species have a distinctive plumage, but there is no pattern as to whether the sexes are alike, even within a single genus.
		Madagascar Shelduck Alopochen sirabensis (may be the same as A.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tadorninae (161 words)

	Longdo English-Thai, Japanese-Thai, German-Thai, French-Thai Dictionary Service
		In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county court}.
		{Common prayer}, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined to use.
		{Common because of vicinage} or {Common because of neighborhood}, the right of the inhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have usually intercommoned with one another, to let their beasts stray into the other's fields.
	longdo.ex.nii.ac.jp /?search=common%2A (1629 words)

	The RSPB: Shelduck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The shelduck is a mainly white duck, larger than a mallard but smaller than geese such as greylag and Canada.
		Shelducks are found mainly in coastal areas, although they can also be found around inland waters such as reservoirs and gravel workings.
		Pair of shelducks feeding on estuary - Graham Catley
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/S/Shelduck/index.asp (315 words)

	Bird of the month - July
		At the beginning of August a nature phenomenom reaches its maximum, for that Trischen is known since many years: In remote spaces of the Wadden Sea there is a gathering of many thousands of Common Shelducks, which come here to moult.
		A Common Shelduck in the western mudflats of Trischen.
		But because the last of the rabbits, which lived on the island since 1890 be drowned by a high tide in 1962, the Common Shelducks must take some own-digging tubes in the vegetation.
	www.trischen.de /birdaugust05.htm (267 words)

	Common Zorro on About Animals! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Cerdocyon thous [common zorro (crab-eating fox)] common zorro crab-eating fox
		Zorro Ice Cool ATX Case Resources Crab-eating fox, common zorro South American foxes are often referred to by the local name of.
		Crab-eating Zorro (Cerdocyon thous) fox, Crab-eating zorrocommon zorro, common fox, forest fox.
	common-zorro.aboutanimals.net (211 words)

	Tadorna tadorna - Armeniapedia.org
		The Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
		In winter it is common on suitable estuaries and tidal mudflats as well.
		This is a striking bird with its white and chestnut body, green head and neck and red bill.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Tadorna_tadorna (291 words)

	Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The common shelduck is not sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females look alike.
		The only distinguishing characteristic is that males have a "knob" between their bill and forehead during the summer.
		Common shelducks will feed on a variety of small invertebrates, including insects and crustaceans.
	www.moodygardens.com /animals/birds/common-shelduck.html (257 words)

	BIRD SIGHTINGS AT SPURN BIRD OSBERVATORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Seabirds ; Gannet 4, Arctic Skua 1, Kittiwake 3, Sandwich Tern 80, Common Tern 5, Auk sp.2, Razorbill 1.
		Seabirds ; Fulmar 52, Manx Shearwater 45, Gannet 226, Arctic Skua 14, Bonxie 2, Kittiwake 74, Sandwich Tern 53, Common Tern 2, Auk sp.
		Seabirds ; Gannet 31, Cormorant 9, Arctic Skua 4, Kittiwake 1, Common Tern 65, Auk sp.5, Guillemot 3.
	www.spurnpoint.com /julybird04.htm (2345 words)

	TrekNature \| with one's nose in the air... Photo
		Shelducks are significantly bigger and more goose-like than other ducks.
		Most populations migrate to subtropical areas in winter, but this species is largely resident in westernmost Europe, apart from movements to favoured moulting grounds, such as the Wadden Sea on the north German coast.
		The Common Shelduck is common around the coastline of Great Britain (where it is simply known as Shelduck), where it frequents salt marshes and estuaries.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Europe/Romania/photo106343.htm (237 words)

	shelduck -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Shelducks are short-billed ducks of somewhat gooselike build, with long legs and upright stance.
		The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) of Europe and Asia is fl and white with a reddish chest band; …
		The smaller members of the tribe are called shelducks.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067249?tocId=9067249 (453 words)

	Common Shelduck -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Common Shelduck -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The (Swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks) Anatidae article should be referred to for an overview of this group of (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) birds.
		This species is mainly associated with lakes and rivers in open country, breeding in (Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food) rabbit burrows, tree holes, haystacks or similar.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/Common_Shelduck.htm (204 words)

	European Shelucks
		The European Shelduck, more commonly refered to as the Common Shelduck, is a large, somewhat goose-like duck with very dark green head, some fl markings and chestnut breast band from the back of the neck to the beginning of the wings.
		The seashore with shallow coastal water is its habitat.
		The Common Shelduck builds its nest into caves, deserted burrows of foxes and badgers, wide clefts in cliffs and other similar places.
	squawcreekfarm.com /europeon-shell.html (292 words)

	European Shelucks
		The European Shelduck, more commonly refered to as the Common Shelduck, is a large, somewhat goose-like duck with very dark green head, some fl markings and chestnut breast band from the back of the neck to the beginning of the wings.
		The seashore with shallow coastal water is its habitat.
		The young hatch at the beginning of July and are able to fly at the end of August.
	members.tripod.com /StanRitaR/europeon-shell.html (293 words)

	Welcome to the official Web Site of District Sirsa, Haryana
		Primates are represented by the rhesus macaque of bandar and the common langur.
		The five stripped palm squirrel or gilheri, the Indian porcupine or Sahi, the Indian gerbille, the common house rat and the common house mouse are the common rodents found.
		The common frogs found in the district are Indian Bull Frog, Indian Cricket Frog, Indian Burrowing Frog and common Toad.
	sirsa.nic.in /htfiles/florafauna.html (582 words)

	Natural Born Birder - Skogsøy - Common Shelduck
		Common Shelduck are regular spring migrant in small numbers at Skogsøy; when migrating they regularly join flocks of other species - such as Great Cormorant.
		The occurence pattern and numbers of Common Shelduck at Skogsøy seems very similar to Utsira.
		The blue line shows number of visits, the orange one the number of visits when Shelduck have been recorded and the green one shows the maximum numbers I have recorded in any three day period.
	www.naturalbornbirder.com /skogsoey/species/shelduck.php (184 words)

	Shelducks
		This Australian shelduck pairs for life and nests in the holes of dead or dying trees.
		South African shelducks with a notoriously bad temper, very similar to the ruddy shelducks which it is sometimes thought to be merely a subspecies of.
		European shelduck with very gooselike characteristics and with a preference for coastal areas.
	www.ctwaterfowl.org /shelducks.htm (121 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Shelduck family with 9 goslings in May 2001 in Machelen (Brabant).
		The breeding of Shelducks in this area is no surprise after the increasing numbers of summer records of this duck in the area (Grimbergen-Vilvoorde-Machelen) since the late 1980s when this specie started to breed for the first time in the province in Zemst.
		As the location has not been visited often, it is not known if there have been other breeding attempts in between.
	perswww.kuleuven.ac.be /~u0017670/shelduck.html (131 words)

	Common Shelduck - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Common Shelduck - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 22:37, 20 Jun 2005.
		The article about Common Shelduck contains information related to Common Shelduck.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Tadorna_tadorna (233 words)

	Common Shelduck : Common shelduck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Larger versionScientific ClassificationKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Sub-family: Tadorninae Genus: Tadorna Species: tadorna Binomial nameTadorna tadornaThe Common Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.">
		Common ShelduckCommon ShelduckLarger version">Larger versionScientific ClassificationKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Sub-family: Tadorninae Genus: Tadorna Species: tadorna Binomial nameTadorna tadornaThe Common Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna is a shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks.
		Wilkes had already avowed his intention of making his escape Earl was indignant when he found that they had given him the slip, and full measure of wrath upon their heads; and he well knew that his.
	www.termsdefined.net /co/common-shelduck.html (542 words)

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