Richard Meinertzhagen’s 1938 observation of spectacled eiders Somateria fischeri at Petsamo, Finland (now Pechenga, Russia)

During a 1938 visit to what was Petsamo in northern Finland (today Pechenga, north-west Russia), Richard Meinertzhagen claimed to have observed several individuals of Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri, a species that had previously been observed just once in Europe, in northern Norway in 1933. Due...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
Main Author: Pihlström, Henry
Other Authors: Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Biosciences
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2021
Subjects:
1181 Ecology
evolutionary biology
Norway
Pechenga
North-West Russia
Northern Finland
Northern Norway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/337440
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Summary:During a 1938 visit to what was Petsamo in northern Finland (today Pechenga, north-west Russia), Richard Meinertzhagen claimed to have observed several individuals of Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri, a species that had previously been observed just once in Europe, in northern Norway in 1933. Due to the insufficient documentation, and inconsistencies regarding the number of birds seen, it is recommended that this sight record be treated henceforth with suspicion. Peer reviewed

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