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title: "Radjah Shelduck"
description: "Radjah radjah — Aves. The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/radjah-shelduck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Radjah Shelduck

> Radjah radjah — Aves. The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah) is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas.

- Scientific name: *Radjah radjah*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 2487
- Wikidata: [Q28125248](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125248)
- iNaturalist taxon: [792869](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/792869)

## Names

- en: Radjah Shelduck
- de: Radjahgans
- es: Tarro rajá
- fr: Tadorne radjah
- nl: Radjah-eend
- pl: Kazarka nadobna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2106), ID (105), PG (20), FR (6), BE (3), DE (3)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Radjah Shelduck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/radjah-shelduck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brecht Verstraete · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287846418

## Machine access

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