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