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 1 year ago 25 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
Two males swimming, taking off and flying away. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A male resting on the ice, hooting twice. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.2
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A male swimming.
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
In the harbour of Vadsø
Locality Vadso, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
SteinNilsen 6 April 2008 6 weeks ago 4.1 -
An adult.
Locality Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Dolors Buxó 1 April 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
Male eider in harbour
Locality Vadso, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
SteinNilsen 10 April 2004 6 weeks ago 4 -
Two males resting on the ice, one of them with an antena and the other with a fishing net around it.
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Male in breeding plumage flying.
Locality Andoyane Islands, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 1 July 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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Hooting calls of a drake Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 2 years ago 3
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