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Where does the Ruddy Shelduck live?

Tadorna ferruginea has 391,304 records in 106 countries and territories, from 1842 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Ruddy Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck — Original: Rohit Sharma, this edit: MPF / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeTadorna

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 82,437
Netherlands 77,405
Germany 33,377
Russia 31,642
Spain 25,017
Türkiye 17,307
Belgium 15,946
China 15,899
Mongolia 9,349
Sweden 8,288
France 7,526
Greece 5,666
Morocco 5,580
United Kingdom 5,035
Nepal 5,029
Switzerland 4,668
Kazakhstan 3,213
Ukraine 2,874
Bhutan 2,665
Denmark 2,454
South Korea 2,361
Austria 2,260
Bulgaria 1,974
Norway 1,907
Italy 1,758
Georgia 1,566
Kyrgyzstan 1,463
Portugal 1,366
Iran 1,290
United States 1,171
Romania 1,103
Taiwan 1,014
Azerbaijan 997
Thailand 964
Myanmar 838
Bangladesh 746
Israel 710
Ethiopia 660
Czechia 646
Moldova 620

Showing the top 40 of 106 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.