Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) - HBW 1, p. 621
French: Eider à lunettes
German: Plüschkopfente
Spanish: Eider de Anteojos
Other common names: Fischer's Eider
Taxonomy: Fuligula (Lampronetta) Fischeri Brandt, 1847, St. Michael, Alaska.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Lampronetta. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of N Siberia from Lena Delta E to N Alaska.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a male in breeding plumage swimming Locality Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2007 5 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
Several adult males and females in breeding plumage and a first winter male Locality Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Ferran Gil 23 November 2007 5 years ago 48 sec 4.4 -
male in the water and walking on snow cover Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
Volkert van der Willigen 16 June 2009 50 weeks ago 45 sec 4 -
A pair on a frozen lake Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Steven Siegel 31 May 2004 7 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A male swimming Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Ann Hoover 17 June 2007 5 years ago 38 sec 3.1 -
Male, alert, follows flying female Locality Chevak, Alaska, USA (United States)
Volkert van der Willigen 10 June 2009 50 weeks ago 33 sec 2.8
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Adult male in breeding plumage swimming.
Locality Arundel, West Sussex, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 15 November 2008 1 year ago 4 -
A male swimming
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 31 December 2008 4 years ago 2.7
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