Birds of the World

    ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)  
Genus: Somateria (3 species)


Spectacled Eider
Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Male Near Threatened
Range: NA, PAL: nc, ne Siberia from Lena Delta to Chukotka; w, n Alaska in Yukon Delta and Arctic Coastal Plain
Barrow, Alaska,  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info


Common Eider
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) Male Near Threatened
Range: NA, PAL: c, s coastal Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., nw Europe to Chukotka Pen. (ne Russia), Alaska through Arctic Canada to Massachusetts (nw Atlantic)
Reykjavík, Iceland  
   
Photograph by Svenni and his Icelandic birds   © All Rights Reserved.

Common Eider
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) Female Near Threatened
Range: NA, PAL: c, s coastal Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., nw Europe to Chukotka Pen. (ne Russia), Alaska through Arctic Canada to Massachusetts (nw Atlantic)
Germany  
   
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


King Eider
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) Male
Range: NA, PAL: coastal n, c Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Russia from e of the White Sea to Chukotka (ne Russia); Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, n slope of Canada and associated Arctic is.
Barrow, Alaska,  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info

King Eider
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) Immature Male
Range: NA, PAL: coastal n, c Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Russia from e of the White Sea to Chukotka (ne Russia); Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, n slope of Canada and associated Arctic is.
Cabrillo Beach, California, USA  
   
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info



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