The Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata is a large goose-like duck endemic to New Zealand.They are known to the Maori as PÅ«tangitangi but now commonly referred to as the "Paradise duck", and are prized game birds. Both the male and female have striking plumage, the male has a black head and barred black body, the female a white head with a chestnut body. The Paradise Shelducks usually live as pairs, grazing on grass and weeds, and will raid crops, particularly when molting. The shelducks, genus Tadorna, are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans. The different species are: Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea South African ShelduckTadorna cana Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna Raja ShelduckTadorna radjah Most of these photos were at the Marshlands near Wellington, Otorohanga Kiwi House Zoo. These included the photos with single ducklings which have a black crown including the eye and the remaining part of the face being white. Photo 7493 of duckling following their mother were taken at Zoolandia. The 4000 series photos were taken at the Otorohanga Kiwi House Zoo.