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Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna · Family Anatidae
Tadorna tadorna
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,569,686
- Countries and territories with records
- 114
About this species
This species has 2,569,686 occurrence records from 114 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (19.9%), Denmark (15.7%), the United Kingdom (14.1%), Sweden (13.7%) and France (8.3%); together they account for 71.7% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.77% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tadorna tadorna combines the genus name Tadorna with the species epithet tadorna. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Tadorna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tadorna ferruginea, Tadorna tadornoides and Tadorna variegata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 24th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 2 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.