especially: a common mostly black-and-white duck (T. tadorna) slightly larger than the mallard
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Recent Examples on the WebOne of the best known molt migrations in Europe involves the common shelduck. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2018 Shelduck mystery The report and photograph of a European shelduck at Clear Lake, 5,500 miles from its home at the Wadden Sea off Germany, may have been solved. Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2017