Somateria mollissima
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Phylum : Chordata - Class : Aves - Order : Anseriformes - Family : Anatidae - Species : Somateria mollissima
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[edit] SVALBARD
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[edit] Helgoland - North Sea
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 Male |
 male and female |
 group |
 Chicks and adults |
 Group of chicks and adults resting |
[edit] From Borgenfjorden, Norway
 Female |
 Male |
 Children |
[edit] Taken at Cologne Zoo, Germany
 Male bird |
 Male bird |
 Male with two females |
 Male calling, courting behaviour |
 Male courting behaviour |
 Female demonstrating willingness to copulate |
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 Copulating |
[edit] Eiderdown harvesting in Skáleyjar, Iceland
 Eiderdown collected from nests of common eider |
 Farmer in Skáleyjar with machine used to dry and clean the eiderdown. |
 Farmer in Skáleyjar with eiderdown |
[edit] Others
 Distribution (Green: breeding, Blue: winter and feeding) |
 Somateria spectabilis - males (left and in background) and Somateria mollissima - male (right) |
 Female (left) and male (right) in Alaska, USA |
 Common Eider at Bristol Zoo, England |
 Female Common Eider nesting on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, England |
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 Two males in the water, two females still on land. |
 Eggs |
