Common Eiders flock (Somateria mollissima)
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Metadata
Title: Common Eider Drakes and Hens
Alternative Title: Somateria mollissima
Creator: Dau, Chris
Source: DI-MB-08
Publisher: (none)
Contributor: ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Birds, Waterfowl, Sea Ducks, Buldir, Aleutians, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Aleutians, Buldir Island
Date Created: June 01 1974
The common eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. Somateria mollissima breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. |
