Common Eider / Somateria mollissima
| Common Eider bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | NT - Near threatened |
| Synonyms | Eider Duck, Pacific Eider, Greenland Eider, Eider, northern eider, American Eider, Black-throated Eider |
| Old latin name for bird | Anser lanuginosus, Anas mollissima |
| Order | Ducks and relatives / Anseriformes |
| Family | Ducks, Geese, Swans / Anatidae |
| Genus | Somateria |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | c, s coastal Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., nw Europe to Chukotka Pen. (ne Russia), Alaska through Arctic Canada to Massachusetts (nw Atlantic) |
| Non breeding region | to France, Kamchatka (se Russia), Aleutian Is., Long I. (New York) |
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Related species
Where to see Common Eider
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Åland Islands
Common Eider subspecies (6)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somateria mollissima borealis | Greenland, Iceland and ne Canada | nw Atlantic coast s to Gulf of St. Lawrence | No |
| Somateria mollissima dresseri | Groswater Bay, Labrador (se Canada) to Massachusetts (ne USA) | to Long I., New York (nw Atlantic coast) | No |
| Somateria mollissima faeroeensis | Faroe, Shetland, Orkney and Outer Hebrides Is. (nw Europe) | - | No |
| Somateria mollissima mollissima | nw Europe to Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia) | nw, c Europe | No |
| Somateria mollissima sedentaria | Hudson and James bays (ec Canada) | - | No |
| Somateria mollissima v-nigrum | ne Siberia and Alaska | Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pata e detit |
| Arabic | ايدر شائع |
| Azerbaijani | adi qaqa |
| Bashkir | гага |
| Basque | Eider arrunta, Èider, Eider |
| Belarusian | Звычайная гага, Гага звычайная |
| Bengali | াচত িআডায |
| Breton | An eider-dum, Eider-dum |
| Bulgarian | Гага, Обикновена гага |
| Catalan | èider comú, Èider, Eùider, Eider |
| Chinese | 欧绒鸭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 歐絨鴨 |
| Chuvash | тинĕс кăвакалĕ, гага, гагасем, гаги |
| Cornish | Hos eyder |
| Croatian | Krasna gavka, gavka |
| Czech | Kajka morská, kajka moøská, kajka mořská |
| Danish | Edderfugl, Ederfugl |
| Dutch | Eider, Eidereend |
| Esperanto | Molanaso, Komuna molanaso, Vera molanaso |
| Estonian | hahk |
| Faroese | Æða, Æðublikur |
| Finnish | haahka |
| French | Eider à duvet, Eider commun |
| Frisian | Eider(goes), Eider |
| Galician | Éider, Éider común, Èider |
| German | Eiderente |
| Greek | Πουπουλόπαπια, Πoυπoυλόπαπια, (Κοινή) Πουπουλόπαπια |
| Hebrew | אדרית שחורת־כיפה, אדרית שחורת-כיפה, אדרית שחורת כיפה, אדרית שחורת־כפה |
| Hungarian | pehelyréce |
| Icelandic | Æðarfugl, Æður |
| Inuktitut | Amaulik, Metik, Mittiq, Arnaviak |
| Irish | Éadar, Lacha lochlannach, Colc |
| Italian | Edredone, Edredone comune |
| Japanese | ホンケワタガモ |
| Latvian | parastā pūkpīle, lielā pūkpīle, lielā pūkpīle, gāga |
| Lithuanian | Gaga, paprastoji gaga |
| Luxembourgish | Eiderint |
| Macedonian | Обична гавка |
| Maltese | edredun |
| Manx | Laagh Loughlinagh, Laagh Loghlynnagh, Laagh Lo u ghlinagh, Laagh Loghlinagh, Laagh Lo ghlinagh |
| Northern Sami | Hávda |
| Norwegian | É-kall, Ærfugl, ærfugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Ærfugl |
| Polish | edredon, edredon (zwyczajny), Edredon zwyczajny |
| Portuguese | Eider-edredão, êider, eider, êider-grande, eider-comum |
| Romanian | Eider |
| Romansh | Anda loma |
| Russian | Обыкновенная гага, Obyknovennaya Gaga, Гага обыкновенная, Гага |
| Serbian | Gavka, ajderska plovka, Ајдерска пловка, sjeverna gavka, Гавка, Аjдерска пловка |
| Slovak | kajka morská, Kajka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | gaga, navadna gaga |
| Spanish | Eider, Eider Común, Éider común |
| Swedish | ejder |
| Tatar | гага , гади гага , диңгез үрдәге |
| Turkish | Pufla, Pufla Kazı |
| Ukrainian | Гага, пухівка зеленошия, Пухівка , Звичайна гага |
| Uzbek | оддий гага |
| Welsh | Hwyaden fwythblu |