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 VU    Steller's Eider* Id (Atlas):
    Polysticta stelleri

Description (10)
Image of Steller's Eider
 

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
43 - 46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1769)

Range (Guide)
Denmark (NB), Estonia (NB) (P), Finland (NB) (P), Japan (NB), Latvia (NB), Lithuania (NB), Norway (NB), Poland (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Sweden (NB), USA (B).

Vagrant to Belgium, China (mainland), France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Netherlands Antilles, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, United Kingdom.

Arctic coasts of northern Alaska westwards to Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia; occasionally further west to extreme northern Norway.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 110,000 - 125,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) [XC203480]
     by id from Nunavak Road, Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States (wing noise)

 
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) [XC203462]
     by Andrew Spencer from Gaswell Road, Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Stellers Eider (Polysticta stelleri) - 10 files


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