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
RecommendedWell-formed
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 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/10133