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

Description (10)
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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.
 
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) [XC424292]
     by Andrew Spencer from Allaikhovsky District, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation (call, flight call, wing noise)

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

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


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


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