Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Shelduck, Common Shelduck)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
GenusTadorna (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck) :
1: Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
2 Feb 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Two pairs, on water
Image 1: Two pairs - on waterImage 2: Two pairs - on water (2)
2: Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
16 Mar 2015 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male - swimming
Image 1: Male - on water - lateral view
3: Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
31 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, walking down to water
Image 1: Male - lateral view
4: Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
3 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Thee males - swimming in front of small island with Cormorants
Image 1: Shelduck - swimming and up-endingImage 2: Thee males - swimming and up-ending in front of CormorantsImage 3: Thee males - swimming and up-ending in front of Cormorants (2)Image 4: Thee males - swimming in front of Cormorants

Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck, Common Shelduck)
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