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| Somateria fischeri |
(Brandt, 1847) |
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Family: ducks, geese, swans |
Order: Anseriformes |
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Spectacled eider |
Eider à lunettes |
Eider de Anteojos |
Plüschkopfente |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Winter quarters remain unfound but presumably in Bering Sea area, perhaps variable each year according to
extension of pack ice. Exceptional outside normal range, with vagrants in SW Canada (British Columbia), SW
USA (California), W Siberia (Kola) and N Norway. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |