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Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
The Common Eider is a large sea duck found along the northern coasts of Europe, North America, and eastern Siberia. Males are strikingly colored with bold black and white plumage and greenish napes, while females are mottled brown for camouflage during nesting. Renowned for thei…
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- Eider females sometimes share parental duties, forming 'crèches' where several hens tend to their ducklings together.
- Common Eiders produce some of the warmest natural down in the world, which is harvested sustainably from their nests. Males perform elaborate courtship displays with coos and head-throwing motions. Eiders often form large, tightly packed rafts on the sea, sometimes numbering in the thousands.
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