Bird species such as Tadorna ferrugine and Anas platyrhynchos occur in wetlands, Dendrocopos major in the forests while Parus major, Motacilla cinerea, Alaudia arvensis, Anthus hodgsoni, Lanius cristatus, Milvus migrans, and Corvus corax occur everywhere else in this area. From Wordnik.com. [Altai montane forest and forest steppe] Reference
The critically endangered crested shelduck Tadorna cristata, once occurred along the Korean Coast. From Wordnik.com. [Central Korean deciduous forests] Reference
Large numbers of grey teal (Anas gracilis) and Australian shelducks (Tadorna tadornoides) also utilize the Coorong. From Wordnik.com. [Naracoorte woodlands] Reference
Yedikır qualifies as an IBA for the large number of ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) that roost there in the non-breeding season. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests] Reference
A subspecies of the critically endangered crested shelduck, called Kuroda's sheldrake Tadorna cristata kuroda, once occurred along the southern coast of Korea. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Korea evergreen forests] Reference
River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura. From Wordnik.com. [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference
Freshwater wetlands in the South-West support sizable populations of several wetland birds, including grey duck, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata and shoveler Anas rhynchotis, two species of shag Phalacrocorax spp. and marsh and spotless crake. From Wordnik.com. [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference
Their family tree has also been shuffled around until the consensus has been reached that they belong to the 'Shelduck' - genus Tadorna - a group of larger, often semi-terrestrial waterfowl. From Wordnik.com. [Boats and Boating Online Resource Center. Find Boating News, Products and Services. Boating RSS Feed Available.] Reference
The Sheldrake (Tadorna) feeds on the sands left uncovered by the tide, and when a worm-cast is discovered, "it begins patting the ground with its feet, dancing as it were, over the hole;" and this makes the worm come to the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference
Tadorna cornuta (Gm.). From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Tadorna cristata. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
Tadorna Tadorna, Common Shelduck. From Wordnik.com. [BIRDS ETCETERA] Reference
Anas Tadorna. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
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