Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) - HBW 1, p. 621
French: Eider à tête grise
German: Prachteiderente
Spanish: Eider Real
Taxonomy: Anas spectabilis Linnaeus, 1758, Canada, Sweden.
Closely linked to S. mollissima, with which frequently hybridizes in the wild. Monotypic.
Distribution: Arctic coasts, except Iceland and Scandinavia, where may breed sporadically.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two males resting on ice, one of them with an antenna and the other with some filaments of a fishing net around it. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.4 -
Two males swimming, taking off and flying away. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
Several views of four males resting and preening on the ice, one of them with an antena and a ring. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A male swimming and flying away (then at 35% speed). Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a male going to swim. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A male resting on the ice, hooting twice. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2
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In the harbour of Vadsø
Locality Vadso, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
SteinNilsen 6 April 2008 1 year ago 4.1 -
A male swimming.
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
An adult.
Locality Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Dolors Buxó 1 April 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Close up of one mâle
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Franck Renard 21 March 2012 47 weeks ago 4.1 -
Male, breeding plumage.
Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 7 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4 -
Male and Female, breeding plumage.
Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 7 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4
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Hooting calls of a drake Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 3 years ago 3
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