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title: "Eider-edredão"
description: "Somateria mollissima — Aves. The common eider (pronounced ) (Somateria mollissima), also called St."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-eider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eider-edredão

> Somateria mollissima — Aves. The common eider (pronounced ) (Somateria mollissima), also called St.

- Scientific name: *Somateria mollissima*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa), `arctic` (Ártico)
- iNaturalist observations: 39667
- Wikidata: [Q26696](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26696)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7024](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7024)

## Names

- en: Common Eider
- de: Eiderente
- es: Éider común
- fr: Eider à duvet
- nl: Eider
- pt: Eider-edredão
- pl: Edredon

## Countries with the most observations

US (12239), CA (5643), IS (3682), GB (3539), NO (2314), DE (1883), DK (1541), RU (1332), SE (759), NL (753), FI (663), SJ (591)

## Summary

The common eider (pronounced ) (Somateria mollissima), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large (50–71 cm (20–28 in) in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h (70 mph).
The eider's nest is built close to the sea and is lined with eiderdown, plucked from the female's breast. This soft and warm lining has long been harvested for filling…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_eider

## Photo

![Eider-edredão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-eider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Margit Kildevang · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334354182

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-eider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).