The Radjah Shelduck has a white plumage with dark wingtips, secondary feathers are metallic green with white tips, a dark brown-black back, dark collar of feathers around the breast, a pink beak, white eyes with pink eye-ring, and pink legs and feet. Both sexes are alike. The Radjah Shelduck is sometimes called the Raja Shelduck and is also known as the Burdekin Duck in Australia. This bird is protected in Australia.