Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
Eider à duvet

This painting shows the Pacific race, which mostly breeds in Alaska, of the Common Eider. The birds (males black and white, females brown) are in winter breeding plumage.

Gallery : © Barry Kent Mackay

Order  : Ansériformes
Family : Anatidae
Species : Common Eider
Reference: bkma71781

Geographic range



Exif data
Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/200 s
Aperture : 11
Focal : 31 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no

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