Common Eider / Somateria mollissima NT

Synonyms Pacific Eider, Black-throated Eider, Eider Duck, Greenland Eider, Eider, northern eider, American Eider
Old latin name for bird Anser lanuginosus, Anas mollissima

Common Eiderbird sounds *

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Call, song, © Eetu Paljakka
Finland
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Male, song, © Bernard BOUSQUET
United Kingdom
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Call, female, male, song, © Tim de Boer
Norway
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Male, song, © Tero Linjama
Finland
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Call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Call, female, juvenile, © Martin St-Michel
Canada
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Male song and wingflap and female call, © Niels Krabbe
Sweden
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Call, song, © Eetu Paljakka
Finland
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Song, © Thijs Fijen
Netherlands

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

King Eider

Spectacled Eider

Where to see Common Eider

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)

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

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Albanian	Pata e detit
Arabic	ايدر شائع
Azerbaijani	adi qaqa
Bashkir	гага
Basque	Èider, Eider, Eider arrunta
Belarusian	Гага звычайная, Звычайная гага
Bengali	঩াচত িআডায
Breton	Eider-dum, An eider-dum
Bulgarian	Обикновена гага, Гага
Catalan	Èider, èider comú, Eùider, Eider
Chinese	欧绒鸭
Chinese (Traditional)	歐絨鴨
Chuvash	гаги, тинĕс кăвакалĕ, гагасем, гага
Cornish	Hos eyder
Croatian	gavka, Krasna gavka
Czech	kajka mořská, Kajka morská, kajka moøská
Danish	Ederfugl, Edderfugl
Dutch	Eider, Eidereend
Esperanto	Komuna molanaso, Molanaso, Vera molanaso
Estonian	hahk
Faroese	Æðublikur, Æða
Finnish	haahka
French	Eider à duvet, Eider commun
Frisian	Eider(goes), Eider
Galician	Éider común, Éider, Èider
German	Eiderente
Greek	Πουπουλόπαπια, (Κοινή) Πουπουλόπαπια, Πoυπoυλόπαπια
Hebrew	אדרית שחורת כיפה, אדרית שחורת-כיפה, אדרית שחורת־כיפה, אדרית שחורת־כפה
Hungarian	pehelyréce
Icelandic	Æður, Æðarfugl
Inuktitut	Amaulik, Metik, Arnaviak, Mittiq
Irish	Éadar, Lacha lochlannach, Colc
Italian	Edredone comune, Edredone
Japanese	ホンケワタガモ
Latvian	parastā pūkpīle, lielā pūkpīle
Lithuanian	Gaga, paprastoji gaga
Luxembourgish	Eiderint
Macedonian	Обична гавка
Maltese	edredun
Manx	Laagh Lo u ghlinagh, Laagh Loghlynnagh, Laagh Lo ghlinagh, Laagh Loghlinagh, Laagh Loughlinagh
Northern Sami	Hávda
Norwegian	ærfugl, É-kall
Norwegian Nynorsk	Ærfugl
Polish	Edredon zwyczajny, edredon (zwyczajny), edredon
Portuguese	eider-comum, eider, Êider, Eider-edredão
Romanian	Eider
Romansh	Anda loma
Russian	Гага, Обыкновенная гага, Obyknovennaya Gaga, Гага обыкновенная
Serbian	Гавка, Аjдерска пловка, Gavka, ajderska plovka, Ајдерска пловка, sjeverna gavka
Slovak	Kajka obyčajná, kajka morská
Slovenian	navadna gaga, gaga
Spanish	Éider común, Eider Común, Eider
Swedish	ejder
Tatar	диңгез үрдәге, гага , гади гага
Turkish	Pufla Kazı, Pufla
Ukrainian	Звичайна гага, пухівка зеленошия, Гага, Пухівка
Uzbek	оддий гага
Welsh	Hwyaden fwythblu