King Eider

Somateria spectabilis - Eider à tête grise

Eider à tête grise
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Somateria

  • Species
    :

    spectabilis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 63 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 94 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1500 à 2010 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eider à tête grise
♂ adult plum. breeding
Eider à tête grise
♀ adult plum. breeding

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Eider à tête grise,
  • Éider real,
  • eider-real,
  • Prachteiderente,
  • cifra pehelyréce,
  • Koningseider,
  • Re degli edredoni,
  • praktejder,
  • Praktærfugl,
  • kajka hrbozobá,
  • kajka královská,
  • Kongeederfugl,
  • kyhmyhaahka,
  • èider reial,
  • Æðarkóngur,
  • (edredon) turkan,
  • krāšņā pūkpīle,
  • pisana gaga,
  • Гага-гребенушка,
  • ケワタガモ,
  • 王绒鸭,
  • 王絨鴨,

Voice song and call

Eider à tête grise
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Eider à tête grise
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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