The paradise shelduck is a colourful, large-bodied species of duck that differs in features depending on the sex. Both females and males have chestnut-colour undertails, primarily black wing feathers with green secondary wing feathers, and upper wing surface feathers that are white. They have black legs and webbed feet for swimming.Paradise shelducks are the largest of the Tadorna species, measuring 63 to 71 cm in length and between 2.4 and 4.4 lb in weight, averaging 3.8 lb in males and 2.8 lb in females, with a wingspan of around 35 in
