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  Directory of Birding Sites - Wetlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
00090 Podiceps cristatus 00120 Podiceps nigricollis 00880 Pelecanus onocrotalus 01710 Tadorna ferruginea 01860 Anas platyrhynchos 02030 Aythya fuligula 01980 Aythya ferina 02150 Melanitta fusca 04330 Grus grus 05820 Larus ridibundus 00000 Larus armenicus 05910 Larus fuscus 05780 Larus minutus 02880 Buteo rufinus 02870 Buteo buteo
01730 Tadorna tadorna 01710 Tadorna ferruginea 01590 Anser albifrons 01940 Anas clypeata 05820 Larus ridibundus 05750 Larus melanocephalus 05850 Larus genei 06050 Gelochelidon nilotica 04560 Recurvirostra avosetta 04500 Haematopus ostralegus
01210 Egretta alba 01360 Plegadis falcinellus 01340 Ciconia ciconia 01520 Cygnus olor 01610 Anser anser 01860 Anas platyrhynchos 01710 Tadorna ferruginea 04930 Vanellus vanellus 04550 Himantopus himantopus 05320 Limosa limosa 05560 Actitis hypoleucos 05480 Tringa nebularia 05470 Tringa stagnatilis 05170 Philomachus pugnax 04330 Grus grus
env.erciyes.edu.tr /Yelkovan/BirdSites/wetlands.html   (1043 words)

  
 bergander - definition by dict.die.net
cornuta, or tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
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 fl.
The chestnut sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is varied with fl and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck.
dict.die.net /bergander   (169 words)

  
 Radjah Shelduck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The eggs of this species are creamy white in color and have an average size of 60 x 42 mm.
Tadorna radjah rufitergum, sometimes called Red-backed Radjah or Burdekin Duck, is the Australian race that is found in the coastal tropics of northern Australia.
Tadorna radjah radjah, sometimes referred to as Moluccan or Black-backed Rajah Shelducks, are found around the coast of New Guinea and on the Molucca Islands, on the Aru Islands, in the western Papua and on Fergusson Island.
www.honoluluzoo.org /radjah_shelduck.htm   (609 words)

  
 Radjah shelduck
Habitat and Range: There are two races of Radjah shelducks and they live in different areas.
Tadorna radjah rufitergum (red-backed Radjah or Burdekin duck) is found in the coastal tropics of northern Australia.
Tadorna radjah radjah (Moluccan or fl-backed Rajah shelduck) is found around the coast of New Guinea and on the Molucca Islands, the Aru Islands, in western Papua, and on Fergusson Island.
www.colszoo.org /animalareas/austral/shelduck.html   (261 words)

  
 Classic Wooden Boats: Tadorna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TADORNA is a 27' sailboat build in Loosdrecht, Holland in 1948.
Tadorna has undergone renovation / restoration in 1998.
Tadorna has five berths and has retained that name through four different owners.
www.geocities.com /Yosemite/8110/tadorna.htm   (94 words)

  
 Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) - BirdLife species factsheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Female is similar, but with white face and "spectacles", whiter lower head sides and upper foreneck, rather uniform brownish-grey upperparts and whitish-buff barring to lower foreneck and belly.
Range & population Tadorna cristata is known from a small number of records from Primorye, Russia, Hokkaido, Japan (single 19th century record) and South Korea.
The most recent was a sighting of a male and two females in May 1964, on islands south of Vladivostok, Russia.
www.birdlife.org /datazone/species?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=401&m=0   (718 words)

  
 IBA Turkey
During migration, the area is especially important for raptors which use the area for resting and feeding (as it lies on the migration route to and from the Bosphorus); 25 species of raptors have been recorded so far.
tadorna (1358 in Jan.), Anas crecca (16,500 in Sept.), Aythya ferina (9042 in Dec.), Fulica atra (max.
tadorna, Grus grus (15+ pairs), Otis tarda (possibly 10+ pairs), Himantopus himantopus (tens of pairs), Recurvirostra avosetta (50+ pairs), and Gelochelidon nilotica (probably a colony of several hundred pairs).
ims.wcmc.org.uk /ipieca/species/iba/TURKEY.html   (10631 words)

  
 Sebkhet Sedjoumi (Important Birds Areas of Tunisia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sedjoumi is important in all seasons for bird species typical of salt depressions, such as Phoenicopterus ruber, Tadorna tadorna, Himantopus himantopus and Larus genei.
Other nesting species include Tadorna tadorna in small numbers, Himantopus himantopus, and even, at times, Marmaronetta angustirostris.
The site is extremely important for migrant and wintering waders (many thousands of all species) and for wintering ducks, notably Tadorna tadorna, which has its highest Tunisian concentration here, Anas acuta (3,000—5,000) and A.
www.birdlife.org /datazone/sites?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6927&m=0   (453 words)

  
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 International Shelducks Research Archive: Common Shelducks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Yates, M. G.; Goss-Custard, J. D.; Rispin, W. Towards predicting the effect of loss of intertidal feeding areas on overwintering shorebirds (Charadrii) and shelduck (Tadorna tadorna): refinements and tests of a model developed for the Wash, east England.
Mutual interference during nest-prospecting in the Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.
Structure and Regulation of a Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Population.
www.utm.edu /departments/ed/cece/shel/cointresshel.shtml   (153 words)

  
 Ythan Estuary References   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Buxton, N.E. The feeding behaviour and food supply of the common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) on the Ythan estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Williams, M.J. Dispersionary behaviour and breeding of Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna L., on the River Ythan estuary.
An ecological study of the common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna L.) with special reference to the regulation of the Ythan population.
www.oceanlab.abdn.ac.uk /research/ythan_refs.shtml   (2148 words)

  
 Shelducks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Some of the Shellducks throughout the world are: The Australian Shellduck Tadorna tadornoides Cape Shellduck Tadorna cana Common or European Tadorna tadorna Radjah Tadorna radjah radjah Ruddy Tadorna ferruginea
Lets speak a little about the The Australian Shellduck whose latin name is Tadorna tadornoides and the Cape Shellduck whose latin name is Tadorna cana.
The male Australian Shellduck has a fl head with a white ring separating its fl neck from its chestnut breast.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/45867   (449 words)

  
 EcoBirds Extinction - Others
It is believed that it was the introduction of rats and pigs to the islands where it lived that caused its demise.
Crested Sheldrake or Shellduck (Tadorna cristata): Extinct (probably), last seen 1916 when a specimen was taken near Fusan, Korea.
Searches in more recent years have failed to find any other specimens.
birds.ecoport.org /Conservation/EBextinction-others.htm   (587 words)

  
 Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae: Tadorna
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Putangitangi, The Paradise Duck (Tadorna variegata)  · cached · Facts about the habitat, nesting, and feeding of this bird which is endemic to New Zealand.
Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)  · cached · Photos of the male and female of this species by Peter LaTourrette.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=193120   (105 words)

  
 Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae: Tadorna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae: Tadorna
Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata) - Photos of the male and female of this species by Peter LaTourrette.
Putangitangi, The Paradise Duck (Tadorna variegata) - Facts about the habitat, nesting, and feeding of this bird which is endemic to New Zealand.
dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Tadorna   (122 words)

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