王絨鴨

王絨鴨（Somateria spectabilis）係一種大型嘅海鴨，佢哋住響北半球嘅歐洲東北面，北美洲同亞洲。每年六月至七月會飛去北極繁殖，響地上生4至7隻蛋。

阿拉斯加嘅雌性王絨鴨

Somateria spectabilis

How to read a taxobox 王絨鴨
Male at Central Park Zoo, New York, USA
瀕危指標
最唔使理（Least Concern） (LC)[1]
物種分類
界 動物界 門 脊索動物門 綱 鳥綱 目 (Anseriformes) 科 鴨科 亞科 (Merginae) 屬 (Somateria) 種 S. spectabilis
二元學名
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

參考

• Suydam, R. 2000. King Eider. Birds of North America 491.
• University of Alaska Fairbanks King Eider project
• Merkel, F., A. Mosbech, S. Jamieson, and K. Falk. 2007. The diet of king eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland, with reference to sympatric wintering common eiders. Polar Biology 30:1593-1597.
• Larned, W. W. 2007. Steller's Eider spring migration surveys Southwest Alaska 2007. Page 23. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Management Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
• Suydam, R. S., D. L. Dickson, J. B. Fadely, and L. T. Quakenbush. 2000. Population declines of King and Common Eiders of the Beaufort Sea. Condor 102:219-222
• Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar (2008). Publication of The US Fish and Wildlife Service

睇多啲

• Chandler, R. J. (1987) Identification and ageing of first-winter male King Eider British Birds 80(12): 626-7
• Ellis, Pete (1994) Ageing and sexing of King Eiders British Birds 87(1):36-7
• Dawson, Jane (1994) Ageing and sexing of King Eiders British Birds 87(1):37-40
• Suddaby, D., K. D. Shaw, P. M. Ellis and Keith Brockie, on behalf of the Rarities Committee (1994) King Eiders in Britain and Ireland in 1958-90: occurrences and ageing British Birds 87(9): 418-30

攷

1. BirdLife International (2004). Somateria spectabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

出面網頁

• Oiseaux Text, map and photographs.
• University of Alaska Fairbanks King Eider Page
• King Eider Information and Photos South Dakota Birds and Birding