There are 15 species of sea ducks in several groups including the eiders, scoters, goldeneyes, mergansers, the harlequin and long-tailed ducks, and bufflehead. Click below for detailed information on each species including species fact sheets, range maps and photo galleries.
Sea Ducks
- Common Eider – Somateria mollissima
- King Eider – Somateria spectabilis
- Spectacled Eider – Somateria fischeri
- Steller’s Eider – Polysticta stelleri
- Black Scoter – Melanitta americana
- White-winged Scoter – Melanitta fusca
- Surf Scoter – Melanitta perspicillata
- Barrow’s Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
- Common Goldeneye – Bucephala clangula
- Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola
- Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) – Clangula hyemalis
- Harlequin Duck – Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Merganser – Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator
- Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus