Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis] (Common Eider [mollissima])

Common Eider [mollissima]

Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis] (= Somateria mollissima mollissima) (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Somateria
Scientific:
  Somateria mollissima mollissima

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.124

Protonym:
Anas mollissima

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727029

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
014A976E258718DF

Avibase ID:
avibase-014A976E

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/014A976E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 714757

Geographic range:

Somateria mollissima mollissima: Coast of nw Eurasia; winters to coastal s France
Somateria mollissima borealis: breeds northeastern Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Iceland to Franz Josef Land; winters from Iceland and southern Greenland to the Maritime Provinces (Canada)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Eider [mollissima]
French:
Eider à duvet [mollissima ou borealis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Greenland Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Northern Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Eider ( Somateria mollissima)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Eider [mollissima] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common Eider [nominate group] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common Eider [nominate group] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common Eider [nominate group] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common Eider [nominate group] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common Eider [nominate group] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Eider [nominate] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Eider [nominate] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Eider [nominate] ( Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Somateria mollissima

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Other related concepts

Somateria [mollissima x v-nigrum] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Catalan: Èider
Danish: Ederfugl
German: Europäische Eiderente
English: Common Eider (nominate group), Common Eider [mollissima], Common Eider [nominate group], Common Eider [nominate], Eider, Greenland Eider, Northern Eider
Esperanto: Molanaso
Spanish: Eider común
Estonian: Hahk
French: Eider à duvet, Eider à duvet [mollissima ou borealis]
Italian: Edredone comune
Scientific: Anas mollissima, Somateria mollissima, Somateria mollissima [mollissima or borealis], Somateria mollissima mollissima
Dutch: Eidereend
Norwegian: Ærfugl, underarten mollissima
Polish: edredon zwyczajny
Slovak: kajka morská