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The Common Shelduck is a large duck species found across Europe and Asia that is known for its distinctive appearance and behavior. It matters to people who study birds and ecosystems because understanding waterfowl populations helps us monitor the health of wetland habitats that many animals depend on.
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- Africa
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The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Palearctic, in Europe and northwest Africa mainly breeding on temperate coasts, saline pools and estuaries, and in Asia on inland salt lakes; increasingly it is also using open freshwater habitats inland. Wintering is in temperate to subtropical regions.
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