Raja Shelduck
Radjah radjah - Tadorne radjah
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Radjah
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Species:
radjah
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 61 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 930 à 1130 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Raja Shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Radjah radjah radjah (Moluccas to New Guinea)
- Radjah radjah rufitergum (n and e Australia)
Foreign names
- Tadorne radjah,
- Tarro rajá,
- pato-rajá,
- Radjahgans,
- radjah ásólúd,
- Radjaheend,
- Casarca del ragià,
- vithuvad gravand,
- Beltegravand,
- kazarka radža,
- husice královská,
- Radjahgravand,
- pulmussorsa,
- ànec de collar,
- kazarka nadobna,
- Пеганка-раджа,
- Umukia raja,
- シロガシラツクシガモ,
- 白腹麻鸭,
- 白腹麻鴨,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats
Sources of information
- Guide des canards, des oies et des cygnes, Steve Madge
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes