Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


King Eider

 

Male King Eider

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id/king-eider

Female King Eider

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/King_Eider/id

Scientific:
Somateria spectabilis

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Somateria

Danish:  Kongeederfugl

Greenlandic:  Kingalik, Meetuk

Length: 18.5-25.2 in (47-64 cm)

Weight: 42.3-74.1 oz (1200-2100 g)

 

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC181186. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/181186.


References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).  Somateria spectabilis. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=F3D7491432CC59E7

Powell, Abby N. and Robert S. Suydam. 2012. King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

 

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