Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 (common eider)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Anas mollissima

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Somateria according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Olson and Rasmussen 2001

Sister taxa: Somateria fischeri, Somateria gravipes, Somateria spectabilis

Type specimen: 1

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (6: Newfoundland, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Estonia (1), Finland (3), Greenland (4), Norway (2), Portugal (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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