Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Anseriformes > Family: Anatidae > Genus: Somateria > Species: Somateria spectabilis

King Eider - Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	3 international agreements

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Anatidae)

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Cifra pehelyréce	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Eider à tête grise	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Eider Real	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Eider-real	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kajka královská	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
King Eider	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Koningseidereend	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kyhmyhaahka	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Prachteiderente	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Praktejder	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Re degli Edredoni	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Turkan	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Anas spectabilis	Linnaeus, 1758
Migratory species of Anatidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:02070	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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