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Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

Photo by Stian Waaler
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Molting juvenile male

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Common Eider

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
FaredinAliyevski
It must be a molting juvenile male since females don't have the white feathers.
Stian Waaler
Thanks, but i'm not sure if this is a young male or a female..
FaredinAliyevski
Nice one, haven't spotted this species yet so thanks for adding to the mission.

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013

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