Paradise Shelduck
OccasionalGBIF 10.6·Dongniao Rarity Index7.92
英文名：Paradise Shelduck（学名：Tadorna variegata），是雁形目鸭科麻鸭属的鸟类。新西兰特有种。雄鸟拥有黑色头部和条纹状的黑色身躯，而雌鸟则呈现白色头部和栗色身体。体重介于1.09至2千克之间，身长可达63至71厘米。广泛分布于新西兰北岛、南岛及斯图尔特岛，适应多种栖息环境。
Paradise Shelduck
63 - 71 cm. Large duck with rufous vent, white upper-wing coverts, grey-brown primaries, green secondaries and rufous tertiaries. Male has blackish head with greenish gloss and grey-brown body with black-barred feathers. Female has conspicuous white head, and rufous-orange body, partially concealed by black barring in eclipse plumage.
- Voice
- Vocal; male has deep grunting honk, female has high-pitched 'eek-eek'.
- Habitat
- Pasture, ponds, lakes and rivers.
- Range & Status
- New Zealand breeding endemic; very rare vagrant to Australian territory: party of 5 recorded on Lord Howe Island in 1950.
