Common Eider Somateria mollissima Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (39)
- Subspecies (6)
R. Ian Goudie, Gregory J. Robertson, and Austin Reed
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pata e detit |
| Arabic | ايدر شائع |
| Asturian | ñider comñn |
| Basque | Eider arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена гага |
| Catalan | èider comú |
| Croatian | gavka |
| Czech | kajka mořská |
| Danish | Ederfugl |
| Dutch | Eider |
| English | Common Eider |
| English (United States) | Common Eider |
| Faroese | Æða |
| Finnish | haahka |
| French | Eider à duvet |
| French (France) | Eider à duvet |
| Galician | Éider común |
| German | Eiderente |
| Greek | (Κοινή) Πουπουλόπαπια |
| Hebrew | אדרית שחורת-כיפה |
| Hungarian | Pehelyréce |
| Icelandic | Æðarfugl |
| Italian | Edredone |
| Japanese | ホンケワタガモ |
| Latvian | Parastā pūkpīle |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji gaga |
| Norwegian | ærfugl |
| Polish | edredon |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Êider |
| Romanian | Eider |
| Russian | Гага |
| Serbian | Gavka |
| Slovak | kajka morská |
| Slovenian | Gaga |
| Spanish | Éider Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Éider común |
| Swedish | ejder |
| Turkish | Pufla |
| Ukrainian | Пухівка зеленошия |
Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas mollissima
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.124.
TYPE LOCALITY:
northern Europe; restricted to island of Gotland by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 41.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SOMATERIA
- mollissima / mollissimus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
- Migration
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Distribution of the Common Eider
