A large goose-like shelduck that is native to New Zealand.
Genus Tadorna variegata, family Anatidae
Example sentencesExamples
- The photo shows the remarkable view over the tarn with a paradise duck swimming away as we approached.
- On the water there are paradise ducks.
- People believe that when one twin dies, the other limps through the rest of his or her life, honking forlornly like a paradise duck that has lost its mate.
- Paradise ducks can be legally hunted only with a licence and a shotgun during the shooting season starting in May.
- The attraction is bird watching, especially pied shags feeding the young birds in their nests, great crested grebe and large numbers of paradise ducks.