Radjah shelduck
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The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah), is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas. It is known alternatively as the raja shelduck, black-backed shelduck, or in Australia as the Burdekin duck.
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Radjah shelduck | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Radjah Reichenbach, 1853 |
Species: | R. radjah |
Binomial name | |
Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP, 1828) | |
Subspecies | |
R. r. radjah (Lesson, RP, 1828) | |
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