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 |  | Scientific name: Tadorna tadornoides
Size: 55 - 70cm
Status: Common
Diet: Aquatic vegetation, molluscs, and insects.
Habitat: Large open brackish or fresh lakes, pastures and open woodlands.
Breeding: Five to fifteen eggs layed in a hollow limb of a tree or occasionally rabbit holes.
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| | Australian Shelduck
/Australian+Shelduck/$File/Australian+Shelduck.jpg) Flocks of 100's or 1000's form when not breeding. |