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The Common Shelduck is a widespread waterfowl species found across the temperate and subtropical regions of Eurasia, ranging from northwestern Europe to eastern China. It is a distinctive, goose-like duck recognized by its bright reddish bill, contrasting white body, and a broad, dark green band acr...

The Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a migratory waterfowl native to southeastern Europe, North Africa, and central Asia, with wintering populations frequently inhabiting the Indian subcontinent. Adult birds exhibit a striking orange-brown plumage, a pale head, and contrasting black flight fea...

The paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata, is a large waterfowl species endemic to New Zealand. It displays pronounced sexual dimorphism: adult males have dark heads and bodies, while females have conspicuous white heads with chestnut bodies. The birds usually occur in pairs or family groups around g...

The Mauritius shelduck, also called the Mauritius sheldgoose, was an extinct waterfowl species endemic to the island of Mauritius. It is classified as Alopochen mauritiana and is known from limited skeletal remains together with seventeenth-century reports of geese on the island. Contemporary eviden...

Reunion Shelduck, also called the Réunion sheldgoose or Kervazo's Egyptian goose, is the extinct waterfowl species Alopochen kervazoi. It was endemic to Réunion in the western Indian Ocean and is known from a small number of historical reports and subfossil bones. The species was related to the Egyp...

The South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana) is a large waterfowl species endemic to southern Africa. These distinctive birds are characterized by their striking plumage, with males displaying grey bodies and russet-colored heads, while females have white faces with dark markings. They prefer inland we...

The Radjah Shelduck, Radjah radjah, is a waterfowl species found in northern Australia and parts of New Guinea and the surrounding region. It has a mostly white body, dark flight feathers, and a contrasting dark band around the neck and upper breast. The species lives in wetlands, mangroves, estuari...

Karthala fumaroles are gas vents on Mount Karthala, an active shield volcano on Grand Comore, the largest island of the Comoros. The volcano has a broad summit depression and a large summit crater formed by volcanic activity. Fumaroles provide visible evidence of heat and gas release within the volc...