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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Northern Eider
Bill much more orange-yellow than the Common Eider's
(which has greenish bill)Northern Eider
(Boreal Eider, North Atlantic Eider, Northern Common Eider)Somateria mollissima borealis, Nearctic race borealis
Photograph © Andy Robinson
Riof - Uig - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
March 2006
Our Eider photographs:
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- Northern Eider (Boreal Eider, North Atlantic Eider, Northern Common Eider)
- Somateria mollissima borealis, Nearctic race borealis
- UK: Vagrant/Accidental, BBRC No records 1950 -2006
- WI: Very rare visitor (five or less records)
- Range: Greenland, US West Coast , Baffin Island, Northern Labrador, Hudson Bay
- Bill much more orange-yellow than the Common Eider's (which has greenish bill). Breast paler-buff and brighter. Females brighter bills than Common Eider and plumage rich reddish..
- Similar birds Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck , Shelduck,
Northern Eider in the Western Isles
Very rare visitor (five or less records)
(It is not yet on the Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)
Male and female ducks and their collective nouns
Some people use the word duck only for an adult female and drake for an adult male whilst others say hen and drake.
Waterfowl collective nouns (From WIKI): waterfowl (on water) A raft waterfowl A bunch of waterfowl waterfowl (less than 30) A knob ducks, swimming A paddling of ducks waterfowl A plump ducks, idle in water A raft of ducks ducks, diving A dopping of ducks ducks, on ground A badelynge of ducks ducks, flying A flight, plump, or team of ducks ducks A brace, bunch, flock, skein, sord, string, brace, flush
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