King Eider Somateria spectabilis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Abby N. Powell and Robert S. Suydam
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | ñider real |
| Basque | Eider erregea |
| Bulgarian | Гребенчата гага |
| Catalan | èider reial |
| Croatian | krasna gavka |
| Czech | kajka královská |
| Danish | Kongeederfugl |
| Dutch | Koningseider |
| English | King Eider |
| English (United States) | King Eider |
| Faroese | Æðukongur |
| Finnish | kyhmyhaahka |
| French | Eider à tête grise |
| French (France) | Eider à tête grise |
| Galician | Éider real |
| German | Prachteiderente |
| Greek | Βασιλική Πουπουλόπαπια |
| Hebrew | אדרית מלכותית |
| Hungarian | Cifra pehelyréce |
| Icelandic | Æðarkóngur |
| Italian | Re degli edredoni |
| Japanese | ケワタガモ |
| Korean | 호사북방오리 |
| Latvian | Krāšņā pūkpīle |
| Lithuanian | Skiauterėtoji gaga |
| Norwegian | praktærfugl |
| Polish | turkan |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Êider-real |
| Romanian | Eider cu cap cenușiu |
| Russian | Гага-гребенушка |
| Serbian | Kraljevska gavka |
| Slovak | kajka hrbozobá |
| Slovenian | Pisana gaga |
| Spanish | Éider Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Éider real |
| Swedish | praktejder |
| Turkish | Süslü Pufla |
| Ukrainian | Пухівка горбатодзьоба |
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas spectabilis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Canada, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SOMATERIA
- spectabilis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the King Eider
