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Radjah shelduck

Radjah radjah (Garnot & R. Lesson, 1828)

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 839 g to 934 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the radjah shelduck

Weight
839 g – 934 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
8.5 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the radjah shelduck 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 radjah shelduck is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the radjah shelduck?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas. It is known alternatively as the raja shelduck, black-backed shelduck, or in Australia as the Burdekin duck.

From the Wikipedia article “Radjah shelduck” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radjah_shelduck&oldid=1361791937), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the radjah shelduck endangered?

The radjah shelduck is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the radjah shelduck classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusRadjah
  7. SpeciesRadjah radjah (Garnot & R. Lesson, 1828)

Synonyms Casarca radjah, Radjah eytoni, Tadorna radjah

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Burdekin duckEnglish
  • Raja shelduckEnglish
  • Raja shelduckEnglish
  • بط برودكينArabic
  • شهرمان راجاArabic
  • ànec de collarCatalan
  • husice bělohlaváCzech
  • husice královskáCzech
  • hwyaden fraith rajaWelsh
  • RadjahgravandDanish
  • RadjahgansGerman
  • raĝa tadornoEsperanto
  • Tarro rajáSpanish
  • valge-ristpartEstonian
  • pulmussorsaFinnish
  • Tadorne radjahFrench
  • bjeloglava utvaCroatian
  • radjah ásólúdHungarian
  • Umukia rajaIndonesian
  • Casarca del ragiàItalian
  • シロガシラツクシガモJapanese
  • baltakaklė urvinė antisLithuanian
  • RadjaheendDutch
  • Radjah-eendDutch
  • beltegravandNorwegian
  • kazarka nadobnaPolish
  • pato-rajáPortuguese
  • Tadorna-da-OceaniaPortuguese
  • tadorna-da-oceâniaPortuguese
  • Tadorna-de-cabeça-brancaPortuguese
  • Пеганка-раджаRussian
  • kazarka radžaSlovak
  • Bela utvaSerbian
  • vithuvad gravandSwedish
  • Ak Başlı SunaTurkish
  • галагаз-раджаUkrainian
  • 白腹麻鴨Chinese
  • 白腹麻鸭Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the radjah shelduck

Other species in the same family Anatidae.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

Mute swan

Cygnus olor

Anatidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the radjah shelduck?

An adult radjah shelduck weighs 839 g – 934 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the radjah shelduck live?

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

Is the radjah shelduck endangered?

The radjah shelduck is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the radjah shelduck?

The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{radjah_shelduck_2026,
  title = {Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/radjah-shelduck},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}