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Typical Eiders
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Typical Eiders

Somateria

Eiders (/ˈaɪ.dər/) are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek somatos "body" and erion "wool", referring to eiderdown.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Common Eider

speciesSomateria mollissima

King Eider

speciesSomateria spectabilis

Spectacled Eider

speciesSomateria fischeri

Common × King Eider

hybridSomateria mollissima × spectabilis

Somateria fischeri × spectabilis

hybridSomateria fischeri × spectabilis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7023.