Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Somateria

Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Somateria*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas spectabilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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)

English-United States: King Eider sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: praktærfugl sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

Norwegian Nynorsk: praktærfugl sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	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.
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	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. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (734 publications)
GenBank (43 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137075

Drs Cees Roselaar. Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96524