Male and female paradise shelduck
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Male and female paradise shelduck
A paradise shelduck pair usually stays close together, each bird calling in turn as they move about. The male’s call is deeper than the female’s. The female has a white head, whereas the male’s head is glossy green-black. Like other shelducks they have a long goose-like neck.
Sound file from Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero. This sound file may not be reused without permission (quote reference number T7702).
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0012-2-43
Hand-coloured lithograph by John Gerrard Keulemans
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
