King Eider

King Eider

Somateria spectabilis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Vatnajokull National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
<5%
2 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
3 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
4 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a King Eider in Vatnajokull National Park?

About 0% of visitor-days record a King Eider sighting in Vatnajokull National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see King Eider in Vatnajokull National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for King Eider in Vatnajokull National Park in our monthly data.

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