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Metadata
Title: Common Eiders
Alternative Title: Somateria mollissima
Creator: Menke, Dave
Source: WV-9125-General 2
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER-PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING MATERIALS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: waterfowl, duck, ducks, sea ducks, bird, birds, Alaska, Kodiak Island
Date Issued: July 25 2002
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. |