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Somateria mollissima

species of bird
IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Anseriformes • Familia: Anatidae • Subfamilia: Merginae • Genus: Somateria • Species: Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)

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S. m. mollissima edit

N Europe, NW Asia
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    Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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    Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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    Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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    Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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    Male in eclipse plumage, Germany
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    Iceland
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    Male; Svalbard, Norway
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    Male; Larvik, Norway
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    Male; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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    Female; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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    Ducklings; Borgenfjorden, Norway
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    Male; Mølen, Norway
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    Female; Mølen, Norway
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    Flock in flight; Stavern, Norway
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    Nest with eggs; Norway
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    Female with ducklings; Runde, Norway
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    Female on nest; Vigur, Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland
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    Two males in the water, two females on land; Hällsvik, Göteborg, Sweden
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    Male; Seahouses, Northumberland, UK
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    Female on nest; Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
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    Female on nest; Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
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    Flock; Amble, Northumberland, UK
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    Male; Scotland, UK
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    Male; Scotland, UK
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    Male; Crail, Scotland, UK
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    Male; Helgoland, Germany
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    Male; Helgoland, Germany
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    Male; Helgoland, Germany
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    Male; Helgoland, Germany
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    Male and female; Helgoland, Germany
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    Female with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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    Females; Helgoland, Germany
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    Females; Helgoland, Germany
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    Males and females; Helgoland, Germany
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    Females with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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    Females with ducklings; Helgoland, Germany
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    Males in eclipse; Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wattenmeer, Germany
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    Male; Obersee (upper Lake Zürich), Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Immature male and female; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Female; Obersee, Switzerland
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    Flock; Obersee, Switzerland
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    ID composite

S. m. dresseri edit

SE Canada, NE USA
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    Male; Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts, USA
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    Female with ducklings; Biddeford Pool, Maine, USA

S. m. v-nigrum edit

Alaska, NE Asia
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    Female; Alaska, USA
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    Female (left) and male (right); Alaska, USA
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Eiderdown harvesting edit

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    Eiderdown collected from nests; Skáleyjar, Iceland
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    Farmer in Skáleyjar with machine used to dry and clean the eiderdown.
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    Farmer in Skáleyjar with eiderdown

Maps & illustrations edit

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    Distribution (green: breeding, blue: winter)
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    John James Audubon, 1827-1838
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    S. m. v-nigrum; Joseph Wolf, 1885
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    Somateria spectabilis - males (left and in background) and Somateria mollissima - male (right)
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