{"id":17315,"date":"2012-07-17T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:58:34","slug":"eider-duck-somateria-mollissima","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/","title":{"rendered":"Eider Somateria mollissima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It is abundant, with populations of about 1.5-2 million birds in both North America and Europe, and also large but unknown numbers in eastern Siberia.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-39-17315\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-273\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-8.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-272\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-7.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-271\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-6.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-270\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-5.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-269\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-4.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-268\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-3.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-267\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-2.jpg\" title=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" 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UK\" alt=\"Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/eider_duck.mp3\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Eider Duck Somateria mollissima<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It is abundant, with populations of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":826613,"parent":17273,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1363,1364],"class_list":["post-17315","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-common-eider","tag-somateria-mollissima"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17315\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}