Spectacled and Steller's Eiders Coloring Page

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Black and white line drawing of spectacled and Steller's eiders flying above the ocean surface.

Meet Alaska's two threatened sea duck species! Can you spot the differences between them? 

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Lisa Teas
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Education
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A swimming bird with a circle around it's eye, which looks like a spectacle

Spectacled eiders are large sea ducks, 52 to 56 centimeters long (20 to 22 inches). In the winter and spring, adult males are in breeding plumage with a black chest, white back, and pale green head with a long, sloping forehead and white patches resembling spectacles around the eyes. During the...

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Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Species
A white and black bird glides over the water with tundra in the background

43-47 cm. Smallish marine duck with squarish head and angular bill; breeding plumage male unmistakable (in eclipse blackish with white secondary coverts); 1st winter male brown with faint suggestion of male head markings - blackish throat and collar; female red-brown with blue tertials (except...

FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Species
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Alaska