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Tadorna ferruginea · Family Anatidae
Tadorna ferruginea
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 394,159
- Countries and territories with records
- 108
About this species
This species has 394,159 occurrence records from 108 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (20.9%), the Netherlands (19.8%), Germany (8.5%), Russia (8.1%) and Spain (6.4%); together they account for 63.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tadorna ferruginea combines the genus name Tadorna with the species epithet ferruginea. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Tadorna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tadorna tadorna, Tadorna tadornoides and Tadorna variegata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 60th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 31% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.