Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) - HBW 1, p. 621
French: Eider de Steller
German: Scheckente
Spanish: Eider Menor
Taxonomy: Anas Stelleri Pallas, 1769, Kamchatka.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Arctic coasts of N Alaska westwards to Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia; occasionally further west to extreme N Norway.
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A pair preening on the ice. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A group of males and females swimming and bathing in a red and yellow sea. Locality Berlevag, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A male preening on the ice, among several King Eiders. Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A pair swimming while the female preening. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A male and a female swimming and looking around alert. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2012 43 weeks ago 23 sec 4.2 -
Some males and a female swimming and flying away Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Steven Siegel 31 May 2004 7 years ago 24 sec 4.1
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Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), adult male, swimming through waves
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 15 March 2011 46 weeks ago 4.5 -
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), adult male, swimming on sea
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 16 March 2011 46 weeks ago 4.5 -
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), adult male in flight
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 17 March 2009 46 weeks ago 4.5 -
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri),adult male, flying against blue sky
Locality Båtsfjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 17 March 2009 46 weeks ago 4.4 -
Coming through! A wintering flock of Steller's Eiders swimming through a wave
Locality Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 1 March 2011 51 weeks ago 4.4 -
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), adult female perched on rock
Locality Vardo, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Harri Taavetti 19 March 2009 46 weeks ago 4.3
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