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Cape Shelduck

Tadorna cana

271Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb12
Mar4
Apr24
May25
Jun5
Jul30
Aug62
Sep37
Oct25
Nov5
Dec7

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England24
2Rutland England19
3Lincolnshire England11
4Halton England11
5Gloucestershire England10
6Suffolk England8
7East Lothian Scotland6
8Norfolk England4
9Kent England4
10Dorset England3
11Somerset England3
12Clackmannanshire Scotland2
13Essex England1
14Worcestershire England1
15Northamptonshire England1
261 England9 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
271
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Tadorna cana
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
63
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Tadorna
Name with authority
Tadorna cana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Described
1789

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1065465 · GBIF 2498010