Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Somateria

Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Somateria*	Leach, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas spectabilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: kongeederfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: koningseider sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: king eider sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: eider à tête grise sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Prachteiderente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ケワタガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: skiauterėtoji gaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: praktærfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: praktærfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: turkan; turkan (edredon okazały) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: гага-гребенушка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: pisana gaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: eider real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: praktejder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kral ördek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Королівська гага; Пухівка королівська sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden fwythblu'r Gogledd

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.