Somateria mollissima

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Anseriformes • Familia: Anatidae • Subfamilia: Merginae • Genus: Somateria • Species: Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Somateria mollissima

Vernacular names [aldatu wikidata 'Eider arrunt']

• euskara: Eider arrunt
• English: Common Eider, Eider, common eider
• العربية: عيدر شائع
• مصرى: عيدر شائع
• asturianu: éider
• беларуская: Гага звычайная
• български: Обикновена гага
• brezhoneg: Eider-dum
• català: èider comú
• čeština: kajka mořská
• Cymraeg: Hwyaden Fwythblu
• dansk: Ederfugl, Edderfugl
• Deutsch: Eiderente
• Esperanto: Molanaso
• español: Éider común
• eesti: hahk
• فارسی: مرغابی شمالگان معمولی
• suomi: haahka
• føroyskt: Æða
• français: Eider à duvet, eider à duvet
• Nordfriisk: Eidergus
• Frysk: Eider
• Gaeilge: Lacha lochlannach
• Gàidhlig: Lach Lochlannach
• galego: Eider
• Gaelg: Laagh Loghlynnagh
• עברית: אדרית שחורת-כיפה
• hrvatski: gavka
• magyar: pehelyréce
• Iñupiatun: Amauligruaq
• íslenska: Æðarfugl
• italiano: Edredone
• 日本語: ホンケワタガモ
• ქართული: ჩვეულებრივი სუსხური
• kalaallisut: Miteq siorartooq
• 한국어: 참솜깃오리
• kernowek: Hos eyder
• Lëtzebuergesch: Eiderint
• lietuvių: paprastoji gaga
• latviešu: lielā pūkpīle, gāga, parastā pūkpīle
• norsk bokmål: Ærfugl
• Nederlands: Eider, eider, Eidereend
• norsk nynorsk: Ærfugl
• norsk: Ærfugl
• Diné bizaad: Hakʼaz naalʼeełí
• livvinkarjala: Huahku
• Picard: Càn·nàr édredon
• polski: edredon (zwyczajny)
• پنجابی: عام وڈی سمندری بطخ
• português: êider
• română: Eider
• русский: Гага, Обыкновенная гага
• саха тыла: Улахан турукаан
• Scots: Ennet
• davvisámegiella: Hávda
• Simple English: Common eider
• slovenčina: kajka morská
• slovenščina: gaga, navadna gaga
• svenska: Ejder (guding/åda)
• Türkçe: Pufla kazı
• українська: пухівка зеленошия
• Tiếng Việt: Vịt nhung thường
• 吴语: 欧绒鸭
• 粵語: 歐絨鴨
• 中文: 欧绒鸭

Photos

S. m. mollissima

N Europe, NW Asia

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  Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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  Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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  Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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  Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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  Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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  Iceland
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  Male; Svalbard, Norway
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  Male; Larvik, Norway
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  Male; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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  Female; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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  Ducklings; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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  Male; Mølen, Norway
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  Female; Mølen, Norway
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  Flock in flight; Stavern, Norway
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  Nest with eggs; Norway
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  Female with ducklings; Runde, Norway
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  Female on nest; Vigur, Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland
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  Two males in the water, two females on land; Hällsvik, Göteborg, Sweden
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  Male; Seahouses, Northumberland, UK
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  Female on nest; Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
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  Female on nest; Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
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  Flock; Amble, Northumberland, UK
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  Male; Scotland, UK
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  Male; Scotland, UK
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  Male; Crail, Scotland, UK
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  Male; Helgoland, Germany
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  Male; Helgoland, Germany
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  Male; Helgoland, Germany
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  Male; Helgoland, Germany
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  Male and female; Helgoland, Germany
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  Female with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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  Females; Helgoland, Germany
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  Females; Helgoland, Germany
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  Males and females; Helgoland, Germany
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  Females with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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  Females with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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  Males in eclipse; Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wattenmeer, Germany
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  Male; Obersee (upper Lake Zürich), Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Immature male and female; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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  Flock; Obersee, Switzerland
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  ID composite

S. m. dresseri

SE Canada, NE USA

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  Male; Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts, USA
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  Female with ducklings; Biddeford Pool, Maine, USA

S. m. v-nigrum

Alaska, NE Asia

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  Female; Alaska, USA
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  Female (left) and male (right); Alaska, USA
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Eiderdown harvesting

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  Eiderdown collected from nests; Skáleyjar, Iceland
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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

Maps & illustrations

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  Distribution (green: breeding, blue: winter)
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  John James Audubon, 1827-1838
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  S. m. v-nigrum; Joseph Wolf, 1885
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  Somateria spectabilis - males (left and in background) and Somateria mollissima - male (right)