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