Eider
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The eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
King Eider and Common Eider
Somateria mollissima WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England male 8a
Common eider female at Jones Beach
King Eider
Common eider
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The common eider, also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic an
Eider
…eider ducks and some other ducks and geese are used to fill pillows and quilts—they have given the name to the type of quilt known as an eiderdown. The common eider is the source of true eider down. In Iceland and other places where the birds are native, traditional farms cultivate a relationship between the sea…
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A common eider skull
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden