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x Great Tinamou Tinamus major GRTI GRTI GRTI TINMAJ
The Great Tinamou Tinamus major, also called Mountain hen is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration: Great Tinamou are approximately 44 cm (17 in)...
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TINMAJ TINMAJ Bird taxa
x Highland Tinamou   HITI HITI HITI NOTBON
The Highland Tinamou or Bonaparte's Tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also...
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NOTBON NOTBON Bird taxa
x Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui LITI LITI LITI CRYSOU
The Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui, is located in Central America and South America.. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive. Therefore...
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CRYSOU CRYSOU Bird taxa
x Choco Tinamou   CRYKER CRYKER LITI CRYSOU
The Choco Tinamou or Chocó Tinamou, Crypturellus kerriae, is a type of Tinamou found in lowland forest and montane forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Colombia and Panama. The Choco Tinamou is approximately 25–26.5 cm (9.8–10 in) in length...
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CHTI CHTI Bird taxa
x Thicket Tinamou   THTI THTI GRTI TINMAJ
The Thicket Tinamou or Rufescent Tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical Central Mexico. Although the Thicket Tinamou is recognized my most authorities, the SACC still...
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CRYCIN CRYCIN Bird taxa
x Slaty-breasted Tinamou   Boucard’s Tinamou Boucard’s Tinamou HITI NOTBON
The Slaty-breasted Tinamou or Boucard's Tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest of Central America. Although the Slaty-breasted Tinamou is recognized my most authorities, the SACC still classifies...
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SBTI SBTI Bird taxa
CRYBOU CRYBOU
x White-faced Whistling Duck White-faced Whistling Duck White-faced Whistling-Duck White-faced Whistling-Duck GRTI TINMAJ
The White-faced Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna viduata, is a whistling duck which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America. This species is gregarious, and at favoured sites, the flocks of a thousand or more birds arriving at dawn are an...
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WFWD WFWD Bird taxa
DENVID DENVID
x Black-bellied Whistling Duck Whistling duck flight02 - natures pics-edit1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Black-bellied Whistling-Duck HITI NOTBON
The Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly also called Black-bellied Tree Duck, is a whistling-duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America. In the USA, it can be...
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BBWD BBWD Bird taxa
DENAUT DENAUT
x Fulvous Whistling Duck Fulvous whistling duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck LITI CRYSOU
The Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor, is a whistling duck which breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Central and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. The...
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FUWD FUWD Checklist Bird
DENBIC DENBIC Bird taxa
x Bean Goose Bean BEGO BEGO BEGO ANSFAB
The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It has been split into two species by the AOU (2007), however it is still regarded as a single species by the BOU - see below. It is migratory and winters further south...
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ANSFAB ANSFAB Bird taxa
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x Pink-footed Goose Pink-footed Goose PFGO PFGO HITI NOTBON
The Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often...
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ANSBRA ANSBRA Bird taxa
x Emperor Goose Emperor EMGO EMGO LITI CRYSOU
The Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in the Aleutian Islands. The American Ornithologists' Union places this...
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CHECAN CHECAN Checklist Bird
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x Snow Goose Blue morph Lesser Snow Goose SNGO SNGO GRTI TINMAJ
The Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed. The American Ornithologists' Union and BirdLife...
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x Ross's Goose Ross's Geese at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Ross' Goose Ross' Goose HITI NOTBON
The Ross's Goose (Chen rossii or Anser rossii) is a North American species of goose. The American Ornithologists' Union places this species and the other two "white" geese in the genus Chen rather than the more traditional "grey" goose genus Anser....
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ROGO ROGO Checklist Bird
CHEROS CHEROS Bird taxa
x Brant Dark-bellied Brent Geese Brent Goose Brent Goose LITI CRYSOU
The Brant Goose (Branta bernicla), a goose of the genus Branta, is known in North America as Brant, Brent Goose or Black Brant. The spelling "Brant" is the original one, with "Brent" being a later folk-etymological idea that it was derived from a...
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BRAN BRAN Checklist Bird
BRABER BRABER Bird taxa
x Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis BARG BARG GRTI TINMAJ
The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the Brent Goose, genetic...
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BRALEU BRALEU Bird taxa
x Cackling Goose Aleutian Canada Goose CACG CACG HITI NOTBON
The Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii), colloquially (and incorrectly) Lesser or Small Canada/Canadian Goose in North America, belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from...
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x Canada Goose Atlantic or Interior Canada Goose Canada geese Canada geese LITI CRYSOU
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to Arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body. It is quite...
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CANG CANG Checklist Bird
BRACAN BRACAN Bird taxa
Species Described by Lewis & Clark
x Hawaiian Goose Nene HAGO HAGO GRTI TINMAJ
The Hawaiian Goose or Nēnē, Branta sandvicensis, is a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The official bird of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild on the islands of Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi. The Nēnē gets...
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BRASAN BRASAN Symbol of administrative division
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x Mute Swan The swan is a symbol of purity and transcendence in Vedantic teaching. MUSW MUSW HITI NOTBON
The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan, and hence in turn a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced...
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CYGOLO CYGOLO Checklist Bird
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x Trumpeter Swan Trumpeter Swan TRUS TRUS LITI CRYSOU
The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, if measured in terms of weight and length, and is (on average) the largest living waterfowl species on earth. It is the North American counterpart of the European...
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x Tundra Swan Cygnus bewickii 01 TUSW TUSW GRTI TINMAJ
The Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Holarctic swan. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes split into two species, Cygnus bewickii (Bewick's Swan) of the Palaearctic and the Whistling Swan, C....
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x Whooper Swan Whooper Swan WHOS WHOS HITI NOTBON
The Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. The Whooper Swan is similar in appearance to the Bewick's Swan. However, it is larger, at a length of 140-160...
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CYGCYG CYGCYG Bird taxa
x Comb Duck Common Comb Duck female(Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) CODU CODU    
The Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), or Comb Duck, is an unusual, pan-tropical duck, found in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China. It also occurs in...
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SARMEL SARMEL Bird taxa
x Orinoco Goose Orinoco Goose ORGO ORGO    
The Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata ) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and is the only living member of the genus Neochen. Two fossil relatives have been described from Late...
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NEOJUB NEOJUB Bird taxa
x Muscovy Duck Domestic Muscovy Ducks are popularly known as "Barbary Duck" MUDU MUDU    
The Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. There also are feral breeding populations in...
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CAIMOS CAIMOS Bird taxa
x Wood Duck Male Wood Duck Aix sponsa WODU WODU    
The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck (Aix sponsa) is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is about 19 inches in length with an average wingspan of 29 inches. This is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genus with...
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AIXSPO AIXSPO Symbol of administrative division
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x Gadwall Anas-strepera-001 GADW GADW    
The Gadwall (Anas strepera) is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name. Its conservation status is Least Concern. The Gadwall...
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ANASTR ANASTR Checklist Bird
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x Falcated Duck /wikipedia/images/commons_id/34240 FADU FADU    
The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck. The closest relative of this species is the Gadwall, followed by the wigeons. The Falcated duck breeds in eastern Asia. It nests in eastern Russia, in Khabarovsk,...
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ANAFAL ANAFAL Bird taxa
x Eurasian Wigeon Eurasian EUWI EUWI    
The Wigeon or Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope, previously Mareca penelope) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is common and widespread within its range. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema...
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ANAPEN ANAPEN Checklist Bird
Wigeon Wigeon Bird taxa
x American Wigeon Male AMWI AMWI AMWI ANAAME
The American Wigeon (also American Widgeon or Baldpate), Anas americana is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again. It is a common and widespread duck which...
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ANAAME ANAAME Checklist Bird
Baldplate Baldplate Bird taxa
American Widgeon American Widgeon Focal taxa
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x Mallard Two Mallard drakes and one female MALL MALL    
The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand (where it is currently...
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x Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula maculosamale (front) and female MODU MODU MODU ANAFUL
The Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) or Mottled Mallard is a medium-sized dabbling duck. It is intermediate in appearance between the female Mallard and the American Black Duck. It is closely related to those species, and is sometimes considered a...
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ANAFUL ANAFUL Bird taxa
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x Hawaiian Duck Hawaiian duck HAWD HAWD HAWD ANAWYV
The Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana) is a species of bird in the family Anatidae. It is endemic to the large islands of Hawaiʻi. Some authorities treat it as an island subspecies of the Mallard, based on their capacity to produce fertile hybrids, but...
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ANAWYV ANAWYV Protected Species
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x Laysan Duck Male specimen in Cologne Zoo LAYD LAYD LAYD ANALAY
The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal because of its small size, is an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but...
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ANALAY ANALAY Protected Species
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x Spot-billed Duck A male Indian Spotbill(A. p. poecilorhyncha) Indian Spot-billed Duck Indian Spot-billed Duck SBDU ANAPOE
The Spotbill, Anas poecilorhyncha, also known as the Spot-billed Duck, is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. It has three subspecies: A. poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha (Indian Spotbill), A. poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha (Chinese...
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SBDU SBDU Bird taxa
ANAPOE ANAPOE
Spotbill Spotbill
x Blue-winged Teal Male BWTE BWTE BWTE ANADIS
The Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) is a small dabbling duck. Its placement in Anas is by no means certain; a member of the "blue-winged" group also including the shovelers, it may be better placed in Spatula. It is not a teal in the strict sense,...
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ANADIS ANADIS Checklist Bird
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x Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium drake (male) CITE CITE CITE ANACYA
The Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America. The adult male has a cinnamon-red head and body with a brown back, a red eye and a dark bill. The adult female has a...
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ANACYA ANACYA Checklist Bird
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x No Display Name   UNTE UNTE        
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x Northern Shoveler Male NSHO NSHO NSHO ANACLY
The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), sometimes known simply as the Shoveler (pronounced /ˈʃʌvələr/), is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to...
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ANACLY ANACLY Checklist Bird
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x White-cheeked Pintail White-cheeked Pintail WCHP WCHP WCHP ANABAH
The White cheeked Pintail or Bahama Pintail (Anas bahamensis) is a dabbling duck of the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos Islands. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name...
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x Northern Pintail Male and female (left-right)Call (help·info) NOPI NOPI NOPI ANAACU
The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. Unusually for a bird with...
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x Garganey Garganey duck GARG GARG GARG ANAQUE
The Garganey, Anas querquedula is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This...
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ANAQUE ANAQUE Checklist Bird
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x Baikal Teal An adult Baikal Teal drake BATE BATE BATE ANAFOR
The Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), also called the Bimaculate Duck or Squawk Duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds within the forest zone of eastern Siberia from the Yenisey basin eastwards to Kamchatka, northern Koryak, eastern Magadan Oblast, northern...
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ANAFOR ANAFOR Bird taxa
x Green-winged Teal male GWTE GWTE GWTE ANACRE
The Green-winged Teal (GWT, Anas carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal (A. crecca) for some time, and the...
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ANACRE ANACRE Checklist Bird
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x Canvasback Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) CANV CANV CANV AYTVAL
The Canvasback (Aythya valisineria), historically known in the United States as a "Sheldrake", is a large diving duck, 48–60 cm long and weighing 1270 g. The adult male has a black bill, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a whitish...
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x Redhead Redhead duck 1 REDH REDH REDH AYTAME
The Redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck, 37 cm long with an 84 cm wingspan. The adult male has a blue bill, a red head and neck, a black breast, yellow eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a...
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x Common Pochard Aythya ferina (Marek Szczepanek) CPOC CPOC    
The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck. The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey...
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AYTFER AYTFER Bird taxa
Pochard Pochard
x Ring-necked Duck Drake (male) RNDU RNDU RNDU AYTCOL
The Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) is a smaller diving duck from North America. The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast,...
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AYTCOL AYTCOL Checklist Bird
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x Tufted Duck Male TUDU TUDU TUDU  
The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds. The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name....
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x Greater Scaup Female (front) and male (rear) GRSC GRSC GRSC AYTMAR
The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", is a small diving duck. It breeds on the ground by lakes and bogs on the tundra and at the northern limits of the boreal forest across Arctic and subarctic...
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x Lesser Scaup Adult drake (male) LESC LESC    
Aythya affinis, the Lesser Scaup (singular and plural), is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill. It is apparently a very close...
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x Steller's Eider A drake STEI STEI STEI POLSTE
The Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) is a medium-large sea duck, which breeds along the Arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska. The lined nest is built on tundra close to the sea, and 6-10 eggs are laid. It winters somewhat further south...
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x Spectacled Eider Adult drake SOMFIS SOMFIS SPEI SOMFIS
The Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) is a large sea duck, which breeds on the coasts of Alaska and northeastern Siberia. The lined nest is built on tundra close to the sea, and 5–9 eggs are laid. This species dives for crustaceans and molluscs....
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x King Eider Adult drake paintingfrom 1905 German encyclopedia KIEI KIEI KIEI SOMSPE
The King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea duck, which breeds along northern hemisphere Arctic coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia. The birds spend most of the year in coastal marine ecosystems at high latitudes, and...
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x Common Eider Adult drake COEI COEI    
The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large (50–71 cm body length) sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters...
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x Harlequin Duck Adult drake HADU HADU HADU HISHIS
The Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, is a small sea duck. In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies. Other names include painted duck, totem pole duck, rock duck, glacier duck, mountain duck, white-eyed diver, squeaker and blue...
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x Labrador Duck male and female LABD LABD    
The Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, was a striking black and white eider-like sea duck that was never known to be common, and is believed to be the first bird to become extinct in North America after 1500. The last Labrador Duck is...
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CAMLAB CAMLAB Bird taxa
x Surf Scoter Adult male SUSC SUSC SUSC MELPER
The Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. It is placed in the subgenus Melanitta, along with the Velvet and White-winged Scoters, distinct from the subgenus Oidemia, Black and Common Scoters....
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x White-winged Scoter Adult male White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) WWSC WWSC    
The White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) is a large sea duck. It is characterised by its bulky shape and large bill. This is the largest species of scoter. Females range from 950-1950 grams (2.1-4.2 lb) and 48–56 cm (19-22 inches), averaging...
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