Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana) - HBW 1, p. 591
French: Tadorne à tête grise
German: Graukopfkasarka
Spanish: Tarro Sudafricano
Other common names: African/Cape Shelduck
Taxonomy: Anas cana Gmelin, 1789, Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes placed in genus Casarca, together with T. ferruginea, T. tadornoides and T. variegata. Forms superspecies with T. ferruginea; some also include T. tadornoides and T. variegata. Hybridazation with other Tadorna species and Alopochen aegyptiacus reported in captivity. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Africa, from C Namibia and S Botswana southwards.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two males standing on the ground, then one foraging Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 5 years ago 38 sec 3.3 -
Pair feeding on grain (the female has a mostly-white head) Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 19 June 2009 9 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 3.1 -
A male dabbling Locality Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 2 June 2011 44 weeks ago 8 sec 3 -
A standing female, preening Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 5 years ago 36 sec 2.8
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Individual resting.
Locality Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 6 August 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Bird on the water.
Locality Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 6 August 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Male stood
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 October 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
A male on the ground.
Locality World of Birds, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 August 1998 1 year ago 3.3 -
A female standing.
Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 1982 1 year ago 3
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