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Tadorna cana
Ruddy brown duck with gray head.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 6, 2012
3 Comments
Definitely a Shelduck. Thank you! I started looking at other species and one description, the South African Shelduck sounded close "Adult South African Shelduck have ruddy bodies and wings strikingly marked with black, white and green. The male has a grey head, and the female has a white face and black crown, nape and neck sides."
I was thinking Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea).
http://mangoverde.com/birdsound/index.ht...
Liam, I have a few non-local birds for ya :)