Common eider Somateria mollissima
Identification Tips:
Length: 17 inches Wingspan: 41 inches
Large diving duck
Bill feathered along side almost to nostril
Long sloping forehead ...
Common Eider
Rather mysteriously during a spell of calm over-cast weather at the beginning of November 1993 a remarkable inland arrival of eiders was reported both locally and at reservoirs in the Midlands.
Common Eider
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Common Eider: Large diving duck (v-nigrum), with distinctive sloping forehead, black body and white breast and back. Crown is black and nape is pale green. Wings are white with black primary and secondary feathers. Tail and rump are black.
Common Eider Behaviour
No observations regarding Common Eider behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Common Eiders ...
The Common Eider is normally a bird of coastal waters of northern North America, although they can be found as far south as New England in winter.
The Common Eider is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order. The majority of these are waterfowl such as ducks, geese, screamers and swans.
Two distinct groups of Common Eiders inhabit North America. The Pacific group winters from the coast of southern Alaska northward through Norton Sound.
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, fairly common in summer. Breeds. Nests on numerous islands along the coast.
The Common Eider is spread out across several islands and nests in very tightly packed colonies in the St. Lawrence estuary. It has the second largest population in eastern North America.
Diet ...
Common Eider (1200): Virtually all seaducks within Nantucket Sound.
Surf Scoter (800)
White-winged Scoter (500)
Black Scoter (200)
Oldsquaw (4600)
Bufflehead (8)
Common Goldeneye (6)
Red-breasted Merganser (15)
Red-throated Loon (330) ...
Common Eider
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Peregrine Falcon
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Common Eider Somateria mollissima: Point Lookout, Nassau County, NY, 17 Jan
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus: Point Lookout, Nassau County, NY, 17 Jan
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata: Newport Harbor, CA, 04 Jan ...
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
(aka Common Eider)
The Eider is a sea duck distributed round the coasts of northern and western Europe, Greenland, North America and north-east Asia.
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Thrift (Armeria maritima)
Black lace-weaver (Amaurobius ferox)
Nut-grass (Cyperus rotundus)
Grey tooth (Phellodon melaleucus) ...
THE EIDER DUCK.
[Common Eider.]
FULIGULA MOLLISSIMA, Linn.
[Somateria mollissima.] ...
The Common Eider is one of our faster birds in normal flight with a cruising speed of around 47 mph. Many ducks have been clocked at over 60 mph when under stress.
 See also: Eider, Duck, Scoter, King eider, Harlequin Duck
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