King Eider 
Juvenile  New 
Taken at Musselburgh on 13th August 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Female
Taken at Musselburgh on 19th June 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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King Eider.
Species:
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Local Names:		 Somateria spectabilis.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
Female sometimes known as Queen Eider.
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Eggs:		 Scrape.
Grass and Moss.
Crustaceans, polychaete worms, and molluscs, with mussels being a favoured food.
The male has a black body, white breast and multicoloured head.
The female is a brown bird, the head is shorter than in the
Common Eider, and the feathering extension onto the bill is rounded, not triangular in shape. An immature drake is typically all dark with a white breast and a yellow bill patch. Eclipse adult drakes are similar but lack the white breast.
June - July in the ArcticTundra.
4 - 7
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