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

Wikispecies has an entry on:
- English: Common Eider
- العربية: عيدر شائع
- مصرى: عيدر شائع
- asturianu: Éider
- беларуская: Гага звычайная
- беларуская (тарашкевіца): звычайная гага
- български: Обикновена гага
- বাংলা: সাধারণ আইডার
- brezhoneg: Eider-dum
- català: Èider
- čeština: Kajka mořská
- Cymraeg: Hwyaden fwythblu
- dansk: Edderfugl
- Deutsch: Eiderente
- Esperanto: Molanaso
- español: eider común
- eesti: Hahk
- euskara: Eider arrunt
- فارسی: مرغابی شمالگان معمولی
- suomi: Haahka
- føroyskt: Æða
- français: Eider à duvet
- Nordfriisk: Eidergus
- Frysk: Eider
- Gaeilge: Lacha lochlannach
- Gàidhlig: Lach-mhòr
- galego: Éider común
- Gaelg: Laagh Loghlynnagh
- עברית: אדרית שחורת-כיפה
- magyar: Pehelyréce
- Iñupiatun: Amauligruaq
- íslenska: Æðarfugl
- 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: Parastā pūkpīle
- norsk bokmål: ærfugl
- Nederlands: Eidereend
- norsk nynorsk: Ærfugl
- norsk: Ærfugl
- Diné bizaad: Hakʼaz naalʼeełí
- livvinkarjala: Huahku
- Picard: Càn·nàr édredon
- polski: Edredon
- پنجابی: عام وڈی سمندری بطخ
- português: Êider-edredão
- română: Eider
- русский: Обыкновенная гага
- саха тыла: Улахан турукаан
- Scots: Ennet
- davvisámegiella: Hávda
- Simple English: Common eider
- slovenčina: Kajka morská
- slovenščina: navadna gaga
- српски / srpski: Гавка
- svenska: Ejder (guding/åda)
- Türkçe: Pufla kazı
- українська: Пухівка
- Tiếng Việt: Vịt nhung thường
- 吴语: 欧绒鸭
- 粵語: 歐絨鴨
- 中文: 欧绒鸭
- 中文(中国大陆): 欧绒鸭
- 中文(简体): 欧绒鸭
Photos
[edit]S. m. mollissima
[edit]- 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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Somateria mollissima (female) on the dune, Heligoland
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Somateria mollissima (male) on the dune, Heligoland
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Common eider, male, Iceland (Somateria mollissima)
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ID composite
S. m. dresseri
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Alaska, NE Asia
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Female; Alaska, USA
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Female (left) and male (right); Alaska, USA
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)