Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Tadorna

Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TadornaVon Oken, 1817accepted genus name

Species group names

Anas tadorna Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: laroshja; shota sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Бял aнгъч sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: gravand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: bergeend sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: common shelduck; shelduck sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: tadorne de Belon sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Brandgans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Βαρβάρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: טדורנה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ツクシガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: urvinė antis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: gravand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: gravand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: ohar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: călifarul alb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: пеганка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: seil-lacha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: duplinska kozarka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: tarro blanco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: gravand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: suna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Галагаз sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: hwyaden yr eithin

Literature

basis of record

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232042

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5fdf74b8-77e6-467a-b0ff-743dc2dc2dc9

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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