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Pari

Tadorna variegata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Status not recordedwaterfowl

The pari (Tadorna variegata) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.39 kg to 1.71 kg and live up to 11.2 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the pari

Weight
1.39 kg – 1.71 kg
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
11.2 years
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Egg incubation
30 days
Young per litter or clutch
9
Litters or clutches a year
1
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Migration
Partial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the pari live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The pari is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Is the pari endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pari classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusTadorna
  7. SpeciesTadorna variegata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Anas cheneros, Anas variegata, Casarca variegata, Tadorna variegate variegate

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • Paradise duckEnglish
  • Paradise shelduckEnglish
  • Paradise/New Zealand shelduckEnglish
  • ParrieEnglish
  • PutangitangiEnglish
  • شهرمان الجنةArabic
  • ànec maoriCatalan
  • husice rajskáCzech
  • hwyaden fraith Seland NewyddWelsh
  • ParadisgravandDanish
  • ParadiesgansGerman
  • paradiza tadornoEsperanto
  • Tarro maoríSpanish
  • paradiisipartEstonian
  • paratiisisorsaFinnish
  • Tadorne de paradisFrench
  • novozelandska utvaCroatian
  • új-zélandi ásólúdHungarian
  • Casarca del paradisoItalian
  • クロアカツクシガモJapanese
  • Naujosios Zelandijos urvinė antisLithuanian
  • PūtangitangiMāori
  • рајска утваMacedonian
  • ParadijscasarcaDutch
  • maorirustandNorwegian
  • kazarka rajskaPolish
  • tadorna-maoriPortuguese
  • Новозеландский огарьRussian
  • kazarka rajskáSlovak
  • Rajska utvaSerbian
  • Yeni Zelanda AngıtıTurkish
  • огар новозеландськийUkrainian
  • 天堂鴨Chinese
  • Paradies-KasarkaGerman
  • ParadieskasarkaGerman
  • Tadorne de Nouvelle-ZélandeFrench
  • paradijscascaraDutch
  • pato-do-paraísoPortuguese
  • Tadorna-paraísoPortuguese
  • Новозеландская пеганкаRussian
  • 黑胸麻鴨Chinese
  • 黑胸麻鸭Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pari

Other species in the same genus Tadorna.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pari?

An adult pari weighs 1.39 kg – 1.71 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pari live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pari for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the pari live?

The pari has a recorded lifespan of 11.2 years.

What kind of animal is the pari?

The pari (Tadorna variegata) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pari (Tadorna variegata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pari

MLA

“Pari (Tadorna variegata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pari.

BibTeX
@misc{pari_2026,
  title = {Pari (Tadorna variegata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pari},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}