Photo: Bob Stehn, USFWS        Photo: Bob Schulmeister, USFWS

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

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Species Status Summaries
Common Eider Satellite Telemetry
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      Jan's Ornamental Waterfowl Pages
Related Web sites and Reports
      Report on Eiderdown Harvesting, Quebec (pdf, English) and (pdf, French)
      Western Canadian Arctic - Common Eider Migration
      Post-nesting ecology of sea ducks in Alaska (various reports)
      Canadian Wildlife Service- Hinterland Who's Who - Common Eider
      Quebec Management Plan - Common Eider
      Alaska Dept. Fish and Game - Wildlife Notebook Series
      Canadian Arctic Profiles - Common Eider
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