Species Tadorna (Casarca) tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Australian Shelduck, Chestnut Sheldrake, Chestnut-breasted Sheldrake, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Chestnut-coloured Sheldrake, Chestnut-coloured Shieldrake, Grunter, Sheldrake
- Anas tadornoides Jardine, W. & Selby, P.J. 1828. Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars Series. (text and Pl. 62).
- Anas kasarkoides Lafresnaye, F. 1835. Canard, Anas, Linné. Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 5 [Date published 1835: The name Anas tadornoides used in both text and plate] [Pl 36 and text] [nomen dubium].
- Casarka todornoides Eyton, T.C. 1838. A Monograph on the Anatidae or Duck Tribe. London : Longman. [107].
- Nettalopex tadornina Heine, F. & Reichenow, A. 1890. Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici. Verzeichniss der Vogel-Sammlung des Königlichen Oberamtmanns Ferdinand Heine. Berlin : R. Friedländer pp. vi + 373. [343] [replacement name for Anas tadornoides].
- Tadorna tadornoides westralis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List. Austral Avian Records 1(5): 118-120 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [118].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH AMNH 731388 Skin, Augusta, Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [13] (Australian Shelduck, Chestnut Sheldrake, Chestnut-breasted Sheldrake, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Chestnut-coloured Sheldrake, Chestnut-coloured Shieldrake, Grunter, Sheldrake)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [15] (Australian Shelduck)
International Ornithological Committee 2003. List of International English Names of Birds of the World. (Australian Shelduck)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2022 | ANATIDAE Leach, 1820 | 28-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 08-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |