Polysticta stelleri (English spelling)

Japanese: Polysticta stelleri(英語表記)Polystictastelleri
Polysticta stelleri (English spelling)

…A general term for the eider family Anatidae, or one of the four species. There are four species in this family: the common eider Somateria mollissima (English name), the king eider S. spectabilis (English name) (illustration), the spectacled eider S. fischeri (English name), and the lesser eider Polysticta stelleri (English name Steller's eider). All of them breed in or near the Arctic Circle. They live mainly at sea outside the breeding season, migrating slightly south in winter. …

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Japanese:

…カモ目カモ科ケワタガモ類の総称,またはそのうちの1種を指す。この仲間にはオオケワタガモSomateria mollissima(英名common eider),ケワタガモS.spectabilis(英名king eider)(イラスト),メガネケワタガモS.fischeri(英名spectacled eider),コケワタガモPolysticta stelleri(英名Steller’s eider)の4種があり,いずれも北極圏かその近くで繁殖する。繁殖期以外は主として海上にすみ,冬期は多少南方へ移動する。…

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