Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Gravanden er en andefugl, der dels findes udbredt i Nordvesteuropa og dels fra middelhavsområdet og videre østover gennem Centralasien. I Danmark er gravanden en ret almindelig ynglefugl med 2000-3000 par (2000), men var inden den blev totalfredet i 1922 temmelig sjælden.
Large, 55–65 cm, built like a little goose with a short neck. Mostly white, its head and neck dark green but reading as black from afar, with a broad chestnut band across the breast, a black belly stripe, black flight feathers and a red bill.
Voice
Calls with a loud honk, much like a goose.
Facts
Wingspan
112 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Family
ducks, geese and swans
Anatidae
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- Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
- Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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