?Eiders
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) in eclipse plumage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Somateria Leach, 1819
Species
S. mollissima S. fischeri S. spectabilis

Eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. Steller's Eider, despite its name, is in a different genus. Male Common Eider in eclipse plumage at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, Gloucestershire, England. ... Binomial name Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) Green: breeding Blue: winter/feeding Subspecies The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. ... The French 1999 eclipse An eclipse (Greek verb: ekleipô, to vanish, though it may derive from the prefix ex-, away from, and Greek leipein, to miss[verification needed]) is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Anhimidae Anseranatidae Anatidae †Cnemiornithidae †Dromornithidae †Presbyornithidae The order Anseriformes contains about 150 species of birds in three families: the Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the Magpie-goose), and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. ... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Thalassorninae Anserinae Stictonettinae Plectropterinae Tadorninae Anatinae Merginae Oxyurinae Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. ... William Elford Leach FRS (February 2, 1790 - August 26, 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. ... Genera Polysticta Somateria Histrionicus Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus Lophodytes Mergus † For other ducks, see also: Anatidae The seaducks, Merginae, form a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. ... Binomial name Polysticta stelleri Pallas, 1769 The Stellers Eider (Polysticta stelleri) is a medium-large sea duck, which breeds along the arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska. ...

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

Species

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