Radjah Shelduck

Radjah Shelduck

Tadorna radjah 

Photographed at Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas    Mar 2018 

The Radjah Shelduck inhabits the mangrove forests and coastline of New Guinea and Australia. In Australia, its primary range is coastal tropical northern Australia, from central Queensland through Northern Territory (including Kakadu National Park) to the Kimberley in Western Australia.

Radjah shelducks can be found in brackish mangroves and paperbark tree swamps, or in freshwater wetlands, lagoons, and billabongs. There, they forage for food and eat mollusks, insects, algae, and sedges—and occasionally small fish, crabs, larvae, and seeds.) They use their bill to filter through the water and scoop up food. These birds feed mainly at night, grazing or dabbling in shallow water, grasslands, and mudflats.

 

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