King Eider / Somateria spectabilis LC

Synonyms Crested Eider
Old latin name for bird Anas superba, Anas spectabilis

King Eiderbird sounds *

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Call, female, male, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Call, male, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Call, wing noise, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, song, © Andrew Spencer
United States
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Call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Call, female, male, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Male, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
Norway
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Drake calls, © Stuart Fisher
United Kingdom

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

Related species

Common Eider

Spectacled Eider

Where to see King Eider

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

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Albanian	Pata mbretërore
Basque	Errege-eider, Èider reial, Eider erregea
Belarusian	Гага-грабянушка
Breton	Eider penn livet
Bulgarian	Щиточела гага, Гребенчата гага
Catalan	èider reial, Eùider reial
Chinese	王绒鸭, [wang rong-ya]
Chinese (Traditional)	王絨鴨, 小絨鴨
Croatian	Kraljevska gavka, krasna gavka
Czech	kajka královská
Danish	Kongederfugl, Kongeedderfugl, Kongeederfugl
Dutch	Koningseider, Koningseidereend
Esperanto	Reĝa molanaso
Estonian	kuninghahk, Kuninghauk
Faroese	Æðukongur
Finnish	kyhmyhaahka
French	Eider royal, Eider remarquable, Eider à tête grise
Frisian	Keningseider
Galician	Èider reial, Éider real
German	Prachteiderente
Greek	Βασιλόπαπια, Βασιλική Πουπουλόπαπια
Hebrew	אדרית מלכותית
Hungarian	cifra pehelyréce
Icelandic	Æðarkóngur
Inuktitut	Meetuk, Kingalik
Irish	Rílacha lochlannach, Éadar Taibhseach
Italian	Re degli edredoni
Japanese	ケワタガモ
Kazakh	Гага, айдарлы гага, сусылдақ мамыққаз, айдарлы үйрек, Мамыққаз, кәдімгі гага
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
Norwegian Nynorsk	Praktærfugl
Polish	edredon turkan, turkan, (edredon) turkan
Portuguese	Eider-real, eider-real, Êider-real, Eider-de-lunetas
Romanian	Eider regal
Russian	Gaga-grebyonushka, Гага-гребенушка
Serbian	Kraljevska gavka
Slovak	kajka kráľovská, kajka hrbozobá
Slovenian	pisana gaga
Spanish	Eidero rey, Eider Real, Éider real
Swedish	praktejder
Turkish	Süslü Pufla
Ukrainian	пухівка горбатодзьоба
Uzbek	тоғ гагаси
Welsh	Hwyaden fwythblu'r gogledd, Hwyaden fwythblu big-goch