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Ruddy Shelduck in flight

Ruddy Shelduck in flight - Adult male

Photographer
Location
» Close to Guargacho (San Miguel de Abona), Tenerife
Country image taken
» Canary Islands
Date
» April, 2018
Equipment
» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm
Bird Species
»Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck
Bird Species (French)
»Tadorne casarca
Bird Status
» Least Concern
Remarks
» A species in full natural expansion in the Canary Islands after the mid-90s, which is breeding in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and has also been observed in La Graciosa, La Gomera and El Hierro. It is supposed that the birds colonized the archipelago from the nearby North African coast (the distance from Fuerteventura to South Morocco is about 95 km).

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