The Common Shelduck was photographed in Duke Gardens at Durham, North Carolina.
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The Common Shelduck is black and white with a reddish chest band, a dark green head, and the drake has a knob on its red bill. It has a range of Europe and Asia. It has a habitat of mudflats, saline and brackish lakes, and fresh water rivers or marches. It has a diet of salt-water mollusks, insects, worms, seeds, and small fish.
Photos of Birds by Common Name by Sid Hamm 