Steller's Eider

Polysticta stelleri - Eider de Steller

Eider de Steller
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Polysticta

  • Species
    :

    stelleri

Descriptor

Pallas, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 48 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 69 à 76 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eider de Steller
♂ adult plum. breeding
Eider de Steller
♀ adult plum. breeding

Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Eider de Steller,
  • Éider menor,
  • eider-de-steller,
  • Scheckente,
  • Steller-pehelyréce,
  • Stellers Eider,
  • Edredone di Steller,
  • alförrädare,
  • Stellerand,
  • kajka malá,
  • kajka bělohlavá,
  • Stellersand,
  • allihaahka,
  • èider de Steller,
  • Blikönd,
  • birginiak,
  • Stellera pūkpīle,
  • ruska gaga,
  • Сибирская гага,
  • コケワタガモ,
  • 小绒鸭,
  • 小絨鴨,

Voice song and cries

Eider de Steller
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Eider de Steller
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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