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- Tadorna variegata
Identification
Male: black head, barred black body
Female: white head, chestnut body
Distribution
New Zealand: found on North, South and Stewart islands
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Habitat
Farmland, lakes, riverbeds, coastal lagoons, estuaries and urban parks.
Behaviour
Breeding
Nests are built in high grass, lined with grass and feathers. From 5-15 white eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 30-35 days. The chicks fledge after 8 weeks.
Diet
Diet includes grass and clover, grass and weed seeds, and stubble or standing crops of peas or grain, and aquatic vegetation.
Vocalisation
Very vocal and the male call is a zonk-zonk…, and the female a shrill zeek-zeek.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Paradise Shelduck. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Paradise_Shelduck
