Qingalik • King Eider

A sea duck that lives in the coastal marine ecosystems of the arctic and sub-arctic regions and breeds in June and July on various habitats of the Arctic tundra. The King Eider has a large population and is traditionally used for food and clothing.

Main Photo Credit: King Eider by Ron Knight, 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_eider#/media/File:King_Eider_(Somateria_spectabilis)_(13667616745).jpg. Licenced with CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.
Second Photo Credit: King Eider Female by Zak Pohlen, 2015. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/bc54a805-7f32-43bb-a23a-aa839c607ee7. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0.
Third Photo Credit: King Eider Nest by USFWS Alaska, 2018. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/e0138478-507b-4492-a4da-5cf580ca8df7. Licenced with Public Domain.