Tadorna cristata (Crested Shelduck)

redpinnipedgamer Full Member Posts: 269	Tadorna cristata (Crested Shelduck) Oct 12, 2024 23:21:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by redpinnipedgamer on Oct 12, 2024 23:21:48 GMT 2 possibly live ducks from a paper from 1957? gikingen.tistory.com/14

redpinnipedgamer Full Member Posts: 269	Tadorna cristata (Crested Shelduck) Oct 12, 2024 23:22:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by redpinnipedgamer on Oct 12, 2024 23:22:46 GMT One of the rare live photos. Apparently this is one of the live individuals found in the 1980's baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%86%A0%E9%BA%BB%E9%B8%AD/3249909

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Tadorna cristata (Crested Shelduck) Oct 13, 2024 7:09:11 GMT koeiyabe likes this

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One of the rare live photos. Apparently this is one of the live individuals found in the 1980's

baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%86%A0%E9%BA%BB%E9%B8%AD/3249909

I think this a misidentification. First afaik the Crested Shelduck was never photographed alive and second the last reliable sighting was in 1964.

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crystalsnowflakes Junior Member Posts: 19	Tadorna cristata (Crested Shelduck) Oct 13, 2024 10:20:13 GMT koeiyabe likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by crystalsnowflakes on Oct 13, 2024 10:20:13 GMT I am almost certain that is not a crested shelduck, that is either a common shelduck or torrent duck