{"id":15660,"date":"2026-03-05T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15660"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:58:57","slug":"ruddy-shelduk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ruddy-shelduk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruddy Shelduk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ruddy Shelduck Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 20 years, residents of Mudh Village in the eastern part of Ladakh have been protecting the ruddy shelduck that visits their mountains to breed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ruddy Shelduck<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> migratory bird species <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">belonging to the <\/span><b>duck family called Anatidae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Tadorna ferruginea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is <\/span><b>known as the Brahminy duck.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ruddy Shelduck <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is k<\/span><b>nown to breed in Central Asia and parts of Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>spends the winter months in South Asia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><b>Himalayan region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruddy Shelducks typically<\/span><b> arrive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-region-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Himalayan region<\/a> between October and November <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>leave by March or April.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It favors <\/span><b>inland water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, and rivers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>often found in open areas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is <\/span><b>less common in forested regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can also be found in brackish waters and saline lagoons.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ruddy Shelduck <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a type of <\/span><b>large duck. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures 58 to 70 cm in length and boasts a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>plumage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is primarily <\/span><b>orange-brown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a <\/span><b>paler head <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>starkly contrasting black tail and flight feathers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>white wing coverts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a distinctive feature, particularly noticeable in flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sexes exhibit variability in color intensity and can fade with feather aging.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>bill is black<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the<\/span><b> legs are a dark grey shade.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ruddy Shelduck <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/saintly-guardians-of-ladakh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruddy Shelduck  is a migratory bird species belonging to the duck family called Anatidae. 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