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title: "Bergeend"
description: "Tadorna tadorna — Vogels. The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-shelduck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bergeend

> Tadorna tadorna — Vogels. The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna.

- Scientific name: *Tadorna tadorna*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 38296
- Wikidata: [Q25761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25761)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7067](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7067)

## Names

- en: Common Shelduck
- de: Brandgans
- es: Tarro blanco
- fr: Tadorne de Belon
- it: Volpoca
- nl: Bergeend
- pt: Pato-branco
- pl: Ohar

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6088), FR (4405), RU (3789), ES (2555), DE (2449), NL (2216), IT (1950), UA (1278), PT (1066), DK (1006), GR (780), AT (701)

## Summary

The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in the Palearctic, in Europe and northwest Africa mainly breeding on temperate coasts, saline pools and estuaries, and in Asia on inland salt lakes; increasingly it is also using open freshwater habitats inland. Wintering is in temperate to subtropical regions.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_shelduck

## Photo

![Bergeend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-shelduck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liviu Chiriac · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344200951

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-shelduck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).