Eider

Eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. Steller's Eider, despite its name, is in a different genus.

The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern hemisphere.

Species

Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
King Eider Somateria spectabilis

Two undescribed species are known from fossils, one from Middle Oligocene rocks in Kazakhstan and another from the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA. The former may not actually belong into this genus.

Translation of "Eider"

Breton: Eider (evn), Bulgarian: Гаги, German: Eiderenten, Estonian: Hahk (perekond), Spanish: Somateria, French: Somateria, West Frisian: Eiders, Icelandic: Æðarfuglar, Italian: Somateria, Hebrew: אדרית, Lithuanian: Gagos, Russian: Гаги, Sakha: Улахан турукаан, Finnish: Haahkat, Swedish: Somateria, Ukrainian: Гага.