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As is common with most ducks, the male ruddy shelduck is brighter and more decorated, developing a black collar during the breeding season, than the female in order to attract a mate. The pair nests in a tree hollow, among stone piles, or in an abandoned burrow.
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The ruddy shelduck spends much of its time far from water, preferring to forage on land.