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Paradise Shelduck
Tadorna variegata · Family Anatidae
Tadorna variegata
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 157,450
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 157,450 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). New Zealand accounts for 99.7% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In New Zealand, this species accounts for 1.9% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tadorna variegata combines the genus name Tadorna with the species epithet variegata. 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 ferruginea and Tadorna tadornoides.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 77th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 12.4% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.