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Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

eiders

Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

King and common eider

Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

Common eider – Male – Female – Somateria mollissima – (Linnaeus, 1758) – Six subspecies – S. m. v-nigrum Bonaparte & Gray, GR, 1855 – S. m. borealis (Brehm, CL, 1824) – S. m. sedentaria Snyder, 1941 – S. m. dresseri Sharpe, 1871 – S. m. faeroeensis Brehm, CL, 1831 – Faroe Islands – S. m. mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia – Size: – Habitat: – Diet: – NT.