Common Eider

Somateria mollissima - Eider à duvet

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Somateria

  • Species
    :

    mollissima

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 71 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 108 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1200 à 2800 g
Longevity

18 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eider à duvet
♂ adult plum. breeding
Eider à duvet
♀ adult

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Somateria mollissima mollissima (nw Eurasia)
  • Somateria mollissima v-nigrum (ne Asia, Alaska)
  • Somateria mollissima borealis (ne Canada, Greenland, Iceland)
  • Somateria mollissima sedentaria (Hudson Bay, James Bay. Canada.)
  • Somateria mollissima dresseri (se Canada, ne USA)
  • Somateria mollissima faeroeensis (Faeroe Is.)

Foreign names

  • Eider à duvet,
  • Éider común,
  • eider-comum,
  • Eiderente,
  • pehelyréce,
  • Eider,
  • Edredone,
  • ejder,
  • ærfugl,
  • kajka morská,
  • kajka mořská,
  • Ederfugl,
  • haahka,
  • èider comú,
  • Æðarfugl,
  • edredon (zwyczajny),
  • parastā pūkpīle,
  • gaga,
  • Гага,
  • ホンケワタガモ,
  • 欧绒鸭,
  • 歐絨鴨,

Voice song and cries

Eider à duvet
♂ adult plum. transition

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Eider à duvet
published: - Updated: 24-05-2016
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