Spectacled Eider

Somateria fischeri

General Status Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Common Name: 
Spectacled Eider
Scientific Name: 
Somateria fischeri
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Bird
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Aves
Order: 
Anseriformes
Family: 
Anatidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

One rare occurrence of SPEI on Bank's Island, NT recorded by Manning et al. 1956 (see Dau and Kitchinski 1977), One sight record of a male with King Eiders on the Sachs River, Banks Island, on 20 June 1952 (Manning et al. 1956). Unfortunately, no description of the bird is included in the account. This record is included in Godfrey’s Birds of Canada.(NWT Bird checklist project)
References: 
A387
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Status Rank Description: 
One rare occurrence of SPEI on Bank's Island, NT recorded by Manning et al. 1956 (in Dau, C.P. and S.A. Kistchinski. 1977. Seasonal movements and distribution of the Spectacled Eider. Wildfowl. 28:65-75.).
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Added in 2015 based on old record (error correction) ; Reviewed by Ian Fife and Cindy Wood CWS in 2015, no change; Reviewed in 2020, deleted from list due to lack of description.(NWT Bird checklist project)
Last Updated: 
June 19, 2020

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Dau, C.P. and S.A. Kistchinski. 1977. (1977) Wildfowl. 28:65-75 - A387 Return