Species Radjah radjah (Lesson, 1828)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anas radjah Lesson, R.P. 1828. Manuel d' Ornithologie, ou Description des Genres et des principales Espèces d'Oiseaux. Paris : Roret Vol. 2 448 pp. [417].

Generic Combinations

• Radjah radjah (Lesson, 1828) [Removed from Tadorna based on results of Gonzalez et al. 2009)]. —
  Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 25 Jul 2020. IOC World Bird List. 10.2. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Gonzalez, J., Düttmann, H. & Wink, M 2009. Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae. Journal of Zoology, London 279: 310-318

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] (Rajah Shelduck, Burdekin Duck, White-headed Sheldrake, White-headed Shelduck)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [15] (Rajah Shelduck)

International Ornithological Committee 2003. List of International English Names of Birds of the World. (Rajah Shelduck)

History of changes