Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Eider Común

Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Anas mollissima.

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Number of Photography: 19

Photography ID: 654377
♂ Adult
Vila Nova de Gaia
Oporto
Portugal
04/20/2023
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 641380
♀ Adult
Oslo
Oslo
Norway
05/16/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 640894
♂ ♀ Karlskrona
blekinge
Sweden
05/10/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 640872
♀ Adult
Karlskrona
blekinge
Sweden
05/10/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 640869
Karlskrona
blekinge
Sweden
05/10/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 640868
♂ Adult
Karlskrona
blekinge
Sweden
05/10/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 640867
♂ ♀ Adult
Karlskrona
blekinge
Sweden
05/10/2025
Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

Photography ID: 552034
♂ Adult
Santoña
Cantabria
Spain
09/27/2023
Carlos Schmidt

Photography ID: 402516
♀ Adult
Islas Frisias
Baja Sajonia
Germany
06/17/2011
Santos Di Mauro

Photography ID: 402436
♀ Adult
Islas Frisias
Baja Sajonia
Germany
06/17/2011
Claudia Mora

Photography ID: 232060
♀ Adult
Londres
Greater London
England
08/12/2016
José Luis Ianiro

Photography ID: 208109
♂ ♀ Adult
Gardur
Región Capital
Iceland
05/26/2017
Daniela Lowe

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Number of Records: 16

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Date

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2313322

16/05/2025

Norway

Oslo

Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

2311563

10/05/2025

Sweden

blekinge

Karlskrona

Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

1896493

27/09/2023

Spain

Cantabria

Marisma de santoña, Santoña

Carlos Schmidt

2368948

20/04/2023

Portugal

Oporto

Reserva Natural Local do Estuário do Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia

Carmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo

758990

05/05/2018

Netherlands

Holanda Meridional

Maasvlakte

Rutger Koperdraad

1272355

14/04/2018

Norway

Oslo

Frognerparken (Vigelandsparken)

Mariano Micheluzzi

586963

26/05/2017

Iceland

Región Capital

Gardur Lighthouse, Gardur

Daniela Lowe

586767

24/05/2017

Iceland

Región del Oeste

Arnastapi

Daniela Lowe

650663

12/08/2016

England

Greater London

Wwt London Wetland Centre, Londres

José Luis Ianiro

376693

17/09/2015

Iceland

Región Oriental

Hofn

Carlos Villa

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