{"id":17304,"date":"2012-07-17T13:42:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:54:21","slug":"cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Shelduck Tadorna cana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cape Shelduck or South African Shelduck, Tadorna cana, is a species of shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks. This is a 64 cm long bird which breeds in southern Africa, mainly in Namibia and South Africa. In the southern winter, many birds move north-east from the breeding range to favoured moulting grounds, where sizable concentrations occur.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-32-17304\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-247\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-3.jpg\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/thumbs\/thumbs_cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-246\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-2.jpg\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/thumbs\/thumbs_cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-245\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-1.jpg\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana\/thumbs\/thumbs_cape-shelduck-tadorna-cana-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cape_shelduck.mp3\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">cape_shelduck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cape Shelduck or South African Shelduck, Tadorna cana, is a species of shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds which are part of the bird family Anatidae, which also includes the swans, geese and ducks. 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