Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in a dried out stream, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) preening, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Dong Lei / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Mt Shishapangma, Mt Qomolangma National Park, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China.

Dong Lei / Ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) in flight, Basongcuo National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, China.

Pal Hermansen / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) feeding, Norway, December.

Andy Trowbridge / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) stretching wings. Possibly escaped from captivity. Southern Norway. June

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bewick's or Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) and a Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), wintering at the Poyang Ho Lake, Jiangxi province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) taking off, Poyang Ho Lake, Jiangxi province, China

Dong Lei / Black storks (Ciconia nigra) foraging in muddy silt around lake, with other birds including White-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) Napahai Lake, Zhongd...

Dong Lei / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in flight against cloudy sky, Napahai Lake, Zhongdian County, Yunnan Province, China. January.

Oscar Diez / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) male, Madrid, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) with head down, feeding below the surface of the water, Donana NP, Sevilla, Spain

Edwin Giesbers / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) on water, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) on water, captive

Bernard Castelein / Pair of Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea) in flight over lake, Madhya Pradesh, India

Bernard Castelein / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) between Tsomoriri and Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Three Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) by a dried out stream, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Two Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Bruno D'Amicis / Flock of Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) feeding on mountain plain, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, NW AFrica

Rod Williams / Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) female, captive, from SE Europe, Central and Southern Asia

Eric Baccega / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) standing in water, France

Eric Baccega / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) resting on one leg. France

Eric Baccega / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), France

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruddy shelduck on water {Tadorna ferruginea} Switzerland

David Cottridge / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) female on water, Rapti river, Nepal

Simon Colmer / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) female, Captive

Jose B. Ruiz / Ruddy shelduck swimming {Tadorna ferruginea} Spain, Europe

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wild Yak, (Bos mutus) with Ruddy shellduck (Tadorna ferruginea) and Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) at Keke Xili, Changtang,Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Mateusz Piesiak / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) head portrait, Poland. April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) male standing at water's edge. London, England, UK. March.