King Eider / Somateria spectabilis
| King Eider bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Crested Eider |
| Old latin name for bird | Anas spectabilis, Anas superba |
| Order | Ducks and relatives / Anseriformes |
| Family | Ducks, Geese, Swans / Anatidae |
| Genus | Somateria |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | coastal n, c Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Russia from e of the White Sea to Chukotka (ne Russia); Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, n slope of Canada and associated Arctic is. |
| Non breeding region | to Kamchatka (se Russia) and Aleutian Is.; Newfoundland (se Canada), s Greenland, Iceland, and n Norway |
King Eider bird sounds *
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Related species
Where to see King Eider
- Belgium
- Canada
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greenland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Åland Islands
King Eider subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pata mbretërore |
| Basque | Errege-eider, Èider reial, Eider erregea |
| Belarusian | Гага-грабянушка |
| Breton | Eider penn livet |
| Bulgarian | Гребенчата гага, Щиточела гага |
| Catalan | Eùider reial, èider reial |
| Chinese | [wang rong-ya], 王绒鸭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小絨鴨, 王絨鴨 |
| Croatian | Kraljevska gavka, krasna gavka |
| Czech | kajka královská |
| Danish | Kongeederfugl, Kongeedderfugl, Kongederfugl |
| Dutch | Koningseidereend, Koningseider |
| Esperanto | Reĝa molanaso |
| Estonian | Kuninghauk, kuninghahk |
| Faroese | Æðukongur |
| Finnish | kyhmyhaahka |
| French | Eider à tête grise, Eider remarquable, Eider royal |
| Frisian | Keningseider |
| Galician | Éider real, Èider reial |
| German | Prachteiderente |
| Greek | Βασιλόπαπια, Βασιλική Πουπουλόπαπια |
| Hebrew | אדרית מלכותית |
| Hungarian | cifra pehelyréce |
| Icelandic | Æðarkóngur |
| Inuktitut | Kingalik, Meetuk |
| Irish | Rílacha lochlannach, Éadar Taibhseach |
| Italian | Re degli edredoni |
| Japanese | ケワタガモ |
| Kazakh | Мамыққаз, сусылдақ мамыққаз, айдарлы гага, Гага, кәдімгі гага, айдарлы үйрек |
| Korean | 호사북방오리 |
| Latvian | krāšņā pūkpīle |
| Lithuanian | skiauterėtoji gaga, Skiauteretoji gaga |
| Luxembourgish | Kinnékseiderint |
| Macedonian | Кралска гавка |
| Manx | Laagh Loghlynnagh gob-jiarg |
| Northern Sami | Áhpehávda |
| Norwegian | É-konge, Praktærfugl, praktærfugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Praktærfugl |
| Polish | (edredon) turkan, edredon turkan, turkan |
| Portuguese | Eider-real, Eider-de-lunetas, êider-real, eider-real |
| Romanian | Eider regal |
| Russian | Gaga-grebyonushka, Гага-гребенушка |
| Serbian | Kraljevska gavka |
| Slovak | kajka kráľovská, kajka hrbozobá |
| Slovenian | pisana gaga |
| Spanish | Éider real, Eidero rey, Eider Real |
| Swedish | praktejder |
| Turkish | Süslü Pufla |
| Ukrainian | пухівка горбатодзьоба |
| Uzbek | тоғ гагаси |
| Welsh | Hwyaden fwythblu'r gogledd, Hwyaden fwythblu big-goch |