{"id":17381,"date":"2012-07-17T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T12:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:54:15","slug":"ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. In India it is known as the Brahminy Duck. There are very small resident populations of this species in north west Africa and Ethiopia, but the main breeding area of this species is from south east Europe across central Asia to southeast China. These birds are mostly migratory, wintering in southern Asia.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-66-17381\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8312\" 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\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/ruddy_shelduck_4.jpg\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea\" alt=\"Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruddy_shelduck_4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-425\" 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\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-5.jpg\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-424\" 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\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-4.jpg\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) <\/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\t<div id=\"ngg-image-423\" 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\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-3.jpg\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-422\" 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\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-2.jpg\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruddy-shelduck-tadorna-ferruginea-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-421\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a 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It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. In India it is known as the Brahminy Duck. 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