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The Shelducks, genus Tadorna, are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the (geese and swans).
The shelducks are a group of larger, often semi-terrestrial waterfowl which can be seen as intermediate between geese (Anserinae) and ducks.
There are seven species, related to other groups as shown:
Tadorninae
- Cyanochen, Blue-winged Goose[?]
- Chloephaga, sheldgeese[?]
- Neochen, Orinoco Goose[?]
- Alopochen, Egyptian Goose
- Tadorna: shelducks
- Ruddy Shelduck[?] Tadorna ferruginea
- Cape Shelduck[?] Tadorna cana
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Paradise Shelduck[?] Tadorna variegata
- Crested Shelduck[?] Tadorna cristata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Radjah Shelduck[?] Tadorna radjah
- Lophonetta, Crested Duck[?]
- Tachyeres steamer ducks[?]
