Also known as the Black-backed Shelduck or the Burdekin Duck, this is a strikingly coloured black and white duck with green bands on the top of the wings that can be seen from above when in flight.

Radjah shelduck - Tadorna radjah - Photo by Alex Pawlow

The head and neck is all white, the back and wings are black and the undersides are white, broken only by a dark collar.

Radjah Shelducks form long term bonds and tend to be seen pairs or small flocks.