Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira
Tadorna tadorna Biometrics
Wingspan: 110 - 135 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 58 - 67 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 0.85 - 1.4 g (Hume, 2002)
Status
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Only 1 record
Madeira local status by Zino et al, 1995: Only 1 record
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1
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