Spectacled Eider
Somateria fischeri
IUCN: Near Threatened
Taxonomy
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Somateria
- eBird Code
- speeid
Distribution
breeds north-central and northeastern Siberia from Lena Delta to Chukotka, and western and northern Alaska in Yukon Delta and Arctic Coastal Plain; winters polynyas (ice-free seas) between St. Lawrence and St. Matthew islands (northern Bering Sea)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.