Somateria (Somateria sp.)

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Somateria sp.

Somateria Leach, WE 1819

Classification

Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Scientific:
  Somateria

Original description

Citation:
Leach, WE 1819

Reference:
Voy. Discov. Isabella Alexander [Ross], Append. 2 App.2 p.48

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D3CCA07897050F52

Avibase ID:
avibase-D3CCA078

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D3CCA078

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175154

English:
Somateria sp.
French:
Somateria sp.

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Somateria sp. ( Somateria)
eBird version 1.50: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 1.52: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 1.53: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 1.54: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 1.55: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2015: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2016: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2017: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2018: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2019: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2021: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2022: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2023: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)
eBird version 2024: eider sp. ( Somateria sp.)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: genus

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Somateria (Arctonetta)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Éider sp.
Azerbaijani: qağalar, qaqa
Bulgarian: Somateria sp.
Bengali: হ঳াভামটচযয়া , িআডায
Bengali (transliteration): iḍāra, sōmāṭēriẏā
Catalan: Eider sp.
Czech: kajka sp.
Danish: Ederfugl sp.
German: Somateria, unbestimmt
Greek: είδος πουπουλόπαπιας
English: eider sp., Somateria sp.
English, HBW: eider sp.
English (IOC): eider sp.
English (United States): eider sp.
Spanish: Eider sp., Éider sp.
Spanish (Spain): Eider sp., Éider sp.
Spanish (HBW): eider sp.
Finnish: haahkalaji
French: Somateria sp.
Hebrew: אדרית בלתי-מזוהה
Hungarian: pehelyrécek
Icelandic: Ógreindur æður (Somateria sp.)
Japanese (romaji): kewatagamoshu
Japanese: ケワタガモ属
Kazakh: маймақ үйректер, мамық үйрек, сусылдақ мамыққаздар туысы
Kirghiz: гагалар
Scientific: Arctonetta, Erionetta, Lampronetta, Somateria, Somateria sp.
Dutch: Eider sp.
Norwegian: Somateria sp.
Polish: edredon nieoznaczony (Somateria sp.)
Portuguese (Portugal): eider (Somateria) sp., êider (Somateria) sp.
Russian: гага sp.
Yakut: турукааннар уустара
Slovak: kajka, Somateria neurčený druh
Slovenian: gaga (neidentificirana)
Serbian: Neidentifikovana gavka
Swedish: Somateria sp.
Turkish: tanımsız pufla (Somateria sp.)
Uzbek: гагалар