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Metadata
Title: American Eider Drake
Alternative Title: Somateria Spectabilis
Creator: Smart, Glen
Source: CD#1_3621
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: bird, birds, waterfowl, drake
Date Issued: July 24 2003
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. |