Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Margaret R. Petersen, J. Barry Grand, and Christian P. Dau
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Очилата гага |
| Catalan | èider d'ulleres |
| Croatian | gavka naočarka |
| Czech | kajka brýlatá |
| Danish | Brilleederfugl |
| Dutch | Brileider |
| English | Spectacled Eider |
| English (United States) | Spectacled Eider |
| Finnish | silmälasihaahka |
| French | Eider à lunettes |
| French (France) | Eider à lunettes |
| German | Plüschkopfente |
| Greek | Δακτυλιωτή Πουπουλόπαπια |
| Hebrew | אדרית ממושקפת |
| Hungarian | Pápaszemes pehelyréce |
| Icelandic | Gleraugnaæður |
| Japanese | メガネケワタガモ |
| Lithuanian | Akiniuotoji gaga |
| Norwegian | brilleærfugl |
| Polish | edredon okularowy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Êider-de-lunetas |
| Romanian | Eider cu ochelari |
| Russian | Очковая гага |
| Serbian | Gavka naočarka |
| Slovak | kajka okuliarnatá |
| Slovenian | Očalasta gaga |
| Spanish | Éider de Anteojos |
| Spanish (Spain) | Éider de anteojos |
| Swedish | glasögonejder |
| Turkish | Gözlüklü Pufla |
| Ukrainian | Пухівка Фішера |
Somateria fischeri (Brandt, 1847)
PROTONYM:
Fuligula (Lampronetta) Fischeri
Brandt, 1847. Fuligulam (Lampronettam) Fischeri novam avium rossicarum speciem praemissis observationibus ad Fuligularum generis sectionum et subgenerum quorundam characteres et affinitates spectantibus descripsit, p.18 pl.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
St. Michael, Alaska.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SOMATERIA
- fischeri
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Spectacled Eider
