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Waterfowl
King eider
Somateria spectabilis
- Group
- Waterfowl
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Anatidae
Range
- Arctic
- North America
Habitat
- Coast
Range
Countries it is found in
11 countries
- Canada
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Russia
- St. Pierre & Miquelon
- Svalbard & Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- United States
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Cross-reference
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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