Common Eider - Somateria mollissima

Eider à duvet

Common Eider
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.
Copy forbidden without prior authorization. © Barry Kent Mackay
  • Éider común
  • eider-comum
  • Eiderente
  • Somateria mollissima
  • Anseriformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Ansériformes
Family : Anatidae
Species : Common Eider

Geographic range by countries


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The picture

O.Net ref. : bkma71781
Author :

Shooting


Country : United States (us)
Region : Alaska
Place : Fish Island Fish Island
Lat. : 60° 4' 47'' North
Lng. : 147° 52' 42'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/200 s

aperture : 11

Focal length : 31 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no