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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. It wintersLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he in often enormous flocks at sea in the ArcticThe Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland, and Norway (including Svalbard), as well as the Arctic Ocean. The 10°C (50°F) July isotherm is commonly used to define the borde along the edge of the pack ice.

The Spectacled Eider is slightly smaller than the Common EiderCommon Eider : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae Somateria mollissima Binomial name ''Somateria mollissima Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Eider Somateria mollissima is a large sea duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europ at 52-57cm. The male is unmistakable with its black body, white back, and yellow-green head with the large circular white eye patches which give the species its name. The drake's call is a weak crooning, and the female's a harsh croak.

The female is a rich brown birdFor other meanings of bird see bird (disambiguation). Many see text Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in, but can still be readily distinguished from all duckDendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. The word duck meaning the bird, came from the verb "to duck" meaning to bend down as if to get under something, because of the ws except other eiderEider may refer to: two genera and four species of birds in the duck subfamily Merginae: Common Eider Somateria mollissima King Eider Somateria spectabilis Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri the downy feathers from the species on size and structure. The paler googles are visible with a reasonable view, and clinch identification. Immature birds and eclipse adult drakes are similar to the female.

Spectacled eider nest