King eider: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the king eider lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Somateria spectabilis
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	73 g (birth weight); 1.62 kg (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the king eider live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the king eider in 10 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a king eider?

Wikidata records the following for the king eider: mass 73 g (birth weight); 1.62 kg (adult weight).

Is the king eider endangered?

The king eider’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the king eider?

The king eider (Somateria spectabilis) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Somateria. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the king eider

The king eider (pronounced ) (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck that breeds along Northern Hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. The birds spend most of the year in coastal marine ecosystems at high latitudes, and migrate to Arctic tundra to breed in June and July. They lay four to seven eggs in a scrape on the ground lined with grass and down.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article King eider (revision 1380689770), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q207846 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).