Species Detail - King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Somateria spectabilis
King Eider
NBNSYS0000000271
UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
sospe
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
32
22
17
11/03/1850
24/04/2014
2 January (recorded in 2001)
12 December (recorded in 1892)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/10133>