Where does the Common Shelduck live?
Tadorna tadorna has 2,561,972 records in 111 countries and territories, from 1780 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.
- 2,561,972 records
- 111 places
- 174 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeTadorna
When it is recorded
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Peak month: April. 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.
Records over time
17802026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 509,834 | |
| Denmark | 402,885 | |
| United Kingdom | 362,398 | |
| Sweden | 350,828 | |
| France | 213,847 | |
| Norway | 186,191 | |
| Belgium | 176,916 | |
| Spain | 112,444 | |
| Germany | 46,718 | |
| Portugal | 18,467 | |
| Italy | 16,854 | |
| Ireland | 14,024 | |
| Estonia | 13,711 | |
| Austria | 11,301 | |
| Greece | 10,940 | |
| Türkiye | 7,024 | |
| Bulgaria | 6,994 | |
| Ukraine | 6,678 | |
| Finland | 6,503 | |
| Russia | 6,364 | |
| China | 6,077 | |
| South Korea | 6,041 | |
| Poland | 5,119 | |
| Romania | 5,023 | |
| Czechia | 5,001 | |
| Israel | 4,975 | |
| Isle of Man | 4,701 | |
| Iceland | 3,879 | |
| Taiwan | 3,756 | |
| Mongolia | 3,320 | |
| Switzerland | 3,019 | |
| India | 2,951 | |
| Hungary | 2,616 | |
| Japan | 2,267 | |
| Slovenia | 2,194 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,866 | |
| Kazakhstan | 1,829 | |
| Croatia | 1,763 | |
| United States | 1,752 | |
| Iran | 1,446 |
Showing the top 40 of 111 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.
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.