Eider

Eider

:"For the river see Eider River. For other uses see Eider (disambiguation)."Taxobox
name = Eiders



image_width = 250px
image_caption = Common Eider ("Somateria mollissima")
in eclipse plumage
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Somateria"
genus_authority = Leach, 1819
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"S. mollissima"
*"S. fischeri"
*"S. spectabilis"

Eiders are large seaducks in the genus "Somateria". Steller's Eider, despite its name, is in a different genus.

The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern hemisphere.

pecies

*Common Eider "Somateria mollissima"
*Spectacled Eider "Somateria fischeri"
*King Eider "Somateria spectabilis"

Two undescribed species are known from fossils, one from Middle Oligocene rocks in Kazakhstan and another from the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA. The former may not actually belong into this genus.


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