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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Anseriformes > Family: Anatidae > Genus: Tadorna > Species: Tadorna ferruginea

Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Near Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	91 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	rivers and lakes urban wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	A397

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

Near Threatened

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE4203401	Germany	Vogelschutzgebiet 'Unterer Niederrhein'	Map
DE6315401	Germany	Klärteiche Offstein	Map
ES0000013	Spain	Tablas de Daimiel	Map
ES0000014	Spain	Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno	Map
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000048	Spain	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Map
ES0000069	Spain	Embalse de Cornalvo y Sierra Bermeja	Map
ES0000096	Spain	Pozo Negro	Map
ES0000097	Spain	Betancuria	Map
ES0000370	Spain	Sierra de Gata y Valle de las Pilas	Map
ES0000400	Spain	Arrozales de Palazuelo y Guadalperales	Map
ES0000408	Spain	Vegas del Ruecas, Cubilar y Moheda Alta	Map
ES0000434	Spain	Canchos de Ramiro y Ladronera	Map
ES6120006	Spain	Marismas del Río Palmones	Map
ES6160002	Spain	Alto Guadalquivir	Map
ES6180002	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela	Map
IT1180027	Italy	Confluenza Po - Sesia - Tanaro	Map
IT2030004	Italy	Lago di Olginate	Map
IT20B0009	Italy	Valli del Mincio	Map
IT3230032	Italy	Lago di Busche - Vincheto di Cellarda - Fontane	Map
IT3250041	Italy	Valle Vecchia - Zumelle - Valli di Bibione	Map
IT3320026	Italy	Risorgive dello Stella	Map
IT3320037	Italy	Laguna di Marano e Grado	Map
IT3330005	Italy	Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona	Map
IT3330006	Italy	Valle Cavanata e Banco Mula di Muggia	Map
IT4060002	Italy	Valli di Comacchio	Map
IT4070009	Italy	Ortazzo, Ortazzino, Foce del Torrente Bevano	Map
IT5210070	Italy	Lago Trasimeno	Map
IT5340001	Italy	Litorale di Porto d'Ascoli	Map
IT6040015	Italy	Parco Nazionale del Circeo	Map
IT9220144	Italy	Lago S. Giuliano e Timmari	Map
ITA070001	Italy	Foce del Fiume Simeto e Lago Gornalunga	Map
BG0000270	Bulgaria	Atanasovsko ezero	Map
BG0002025	Bulgaria	Lomovete	Map
BG0002085	Bulgaria	Chairya	Map
ES4320037	Spain	Sierra de Gata	Map
IT20B0501	Italy	Viadana, Portiolo, San Benedetto Po e Ostiglia	Map
BG0000241	Bulgaria	Srebarna	Map
BG0002046	Bulgaria	Yatata	Map
IT1180028	Italy	Fiume Po - tratto vercellese alessandrino	Map
ES4320077	Spain	Monfragüe	Map
IT3250046	Italy	Laguna di Venezia	Map
BG0002041	Bulgaria	Kompleks Ropotamo	Map
IT9110037	Italy	Laghi di Lesina e Varano	Map
BG0002022	Bulgaria	Yazovir Rozov kladenets	Map
BG0002028	Bulgaria	Kompleks Straldzha	Map
IT9110005	Italy	Zone umide della Capitanata	Map
BG0002017	Bulgaria	Kompleks Belenski ostrovi	Map
ES6120011	Spain	Laguna de Los Tollos	Map
IT5210018	Italy	Lago Trasimeno	Map
BG0002004	Bulgaria	Dolni Bogrov - Kazichene	Map
BG0002062	Bulgaria	Ludogorie	Map
BG0002030	Bulgaria	Kompleks Kalimok	Map
ITA070029	Italy	Biviere di Lentini, tratto mediano e foce del Fiume Simeto e area antistante la foce	Map
BG0002048	Bulgaria	Suha reka	Map
BG0002065	Bulgaria	Blato Malak Preslavets	Map
IT1160059	Italy	Zone umide di Fossano e Sant'Albano Stura	Map
BG0002024	Bulgaria	Ribarnitsi Mechka	Map
BG0000273	Bulgaria	Burgasko ezero	Map
ES4320060	Spain	Arroyos Barbaon y Calzones	Map
IT20B0017	Italy	Ansa e Valli del Mincio	Map
IT9110038	Italy	Paludi presso il Golfo di Manfredonia	Map
ES6160004	Spain	Laguna Grande	Map
BG0002039	Bulgaria	Harsovska reka	Map
BG0000332	Bulgaria	Karlukovski karst	Map
BG0000152	Bulgaria	Pomoriysko ezero	Map
ROSPA0053	Romania	Lacul Bugeac	Map
ROSPA0091	Romania	Pădurea Babadag	Map
ROSPA0056	Romania	Lacul Oltina	Map
ROSPA0002	Romania	Allah Bair - Capidava	Map
ROSPA0094	Romania	Pădurea Hagieni	Map
ROSPA0097	Romania	Pescăria Cefa - Pădurea Rădvani	Map
ROSPA0052	Romania	Lacul Beibugeac	Map
ROSPA0102	Romania	Suhaia	Map
ROSPA0054	Romania	Lacul Dunăreni	Map
ROSPA0007	Romania	Balta Vederoasa	Map
BG0002082	Bulgaria	Batova	Map
BG0002050	Bulgaria	Durankulashko ezero	Map
BG0002043	Bulgaria	Emine	Map
BG0000156	Bulgaria	Shablenski ezeren kompleks	Map
BG0002044	Bulgaria	Kamchiyska planina	Map
BG0000191	Bulgaria	Varnensko-Beloslavsko ezero	Map
BG0002061	Bulgaria	Balchik	Map
BG0000271	Bulgaria	Mandra - Poda	Map
BG0002045	Bulgaria	Kompleks Kamchia	Map
ES0000471	Spain	l'Albufera (ZEPA)	Map
ES6180017	Spain	Campiñas de Sevilla	Map
CY3000007	Cyprus	FRAGMA ACHNAS	Map
ROSPA0066	Romania	Limanu - Herghelia	Map
AT3225000	Austria	Weidmoos	Map
ROSPA0130	Romania	Mața - Cârja - Rădeanu	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Anatidae)
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies		http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Casarca	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Casarca	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Husice rezavá	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kazarka	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pato-ferrugíneo	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rostand	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rostgans	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ruddy Shelduck	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ruostesorsa	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rustand	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Tadorne casarca	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Tarro Canelo	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vörös ásólúd	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Casarca ferruginea	(Pallas, 1764)
Migratory species of Anatidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:01710	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Tadorna ferruginea	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Albania		0/5 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Albania		0/10 (pairs)	1980	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Armenia		1000/2499 (individuals)	1998-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Armenia		250/999 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan		300/1000 (pairs)	1996-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan		500/3000 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		0/24 (individuals)	1997-2001	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		60/120 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		50/150 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Cyprus		0/80 (individuals)	1994-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Georgia		Present/Present (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece		15/40 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece		150/150 (individuals)	2003	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	Mediterranean	10/40 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Macedonia (FYR)		0/5 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of		0/0 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of		3/8 (pairs)	1988	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Romania		20/25 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania		5/10 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Russian Federation		8500/16000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation		1900/2900 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Turkey		9000/12000 (individuals)	1991-2001	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		10000/15000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		4000/8000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ukraine		50/249 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		80/190 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		125/180 (pairs)	1984	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2