Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Laroshja |
| Arabic | شهرمانة |
| Armenian | Խայտաբադ |
| Asturian | Coriñn blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ala ördək |
| Basque | Paita arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Бял ангъч |
| Catalan | ànec blanc |
| Chinese | 花鳧 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 翹鼻麻鴨 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 翘鼻麻鸭 |
| Croatian | utva |
| Czech | husice liščí |
| Danish | Gravand |
| Dutch | Bergeend |
| English | Common Shelduck |
| English (United States) | Common Shelduck |
| Faroese | Kápureyð ont |
| Finnish | ristisorsa |
| French | Tadorne de Belon |
| French (France) | Tadorne de Belon |
| Galician | Tadorna branca |
| German | Brandgans |
| Greek | Βαρβάρα |
| Hebrew | טדורנה |
| Hungarian | Bütykös ásólúd |
| Icelandic | Brandönd |
| Italian | Volpoca |
| Japanese | ツクシガモ |
| Korean | 혹부리오리 |
| Latvian | Sāmsalas pīle |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji urvinė antis |
| Mongolian | Анхидал ангир |
| Norwegian | gravand |
| Persian | تنجه |
| Polish | ohar |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tadorna |
| Romanian | Călifar alb |
| Russian | Пеганка |
| Serbian | Šarena utva |
| Slovak | kazarka pestrá |
| Slovenian | Duplinska kozarka |
| Spanish | Tarro Blanco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tarro Blanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tarro blanco |
| Swedish | gravand |
| Thai | เป็ดเชลดัก |
| Turkish | Suna |
| Ukrainian | Галагаз євразійський |
Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Tadorna
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.122.
TYPE LOCALITY:
coasts of Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 40.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TADORNA
- tadorna
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Common Shelduck
