Editing Steller's eider (section)

==Description==
[[File:Magnus von Wright - Steller's Eider, Male - A II 1022-23 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg|thumb|191x191px|Male Steller's eider in       breeding plumage]]
Steller’s eider is the smallest of four eider species, with both females and males weighing 800 grams on average (1.8 pounds).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fredrickson|first=Leigh H.|date=2001-01-01|editor-last=Poole|editor-first=Alan F.|editor2-last=Gill|editor2-first=Frank B.|title=Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri)|url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/historic/bna/steeid/2.0/introduction|journal=The Birds of North America Online|doi=10.2173/bna.571|url-access=subscription}}</ref> They have a compact body with a relatively large head, long tail, and a long, thick bill.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Steller's Eider Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology|url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Eider/id|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.allaboutbirds.org|language=en}}</ref>  The males assume their breeding [[plumage]] from early winter to midsummer with a black cap, chin, throat, eye-ring, and rump, with a white head and shoulders, light-green patches behind the head and in front of the eye, cinnamon breast and shoulders marked with a prominent black spot.<ref name=":1" /> The wings appear to be striped white, with an iridescent bluish-purple background colour and white border.<ref name=":0" /> They have palmate feet (3 fully webbed toes) which are a dark bluish-gray, the same color as the legs.<ref name="The Birds of Canada">{{Cite journal|last1=Alcorn|first1=Gordon D.|last2=Godfrey|first2=W. Earl|date=September 1966|title=The Birds of Canada|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3533677|journal=The Murrelet|volume=47|issue=3|pages=77|doi=10.2307/3533677|jstor=3533677|issn=0027-3716|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In mid-summer to fall, males assume their non-breeding plumage which is primarily dark brown with a white-bordered bluish [[Speculum feathers|speculum]] (secondary feathers) on their wing.<ref name=":1" /> Females are a dark to cinnamon brown with a pale-white eye-ring, similar to the lighter brown juveniles.<ref name=":0" /> Females also have iridescent bluish-purple speculums with a white border running the entire length of the secondaries.

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! colspan="2" | Standard Measurements<ref name="The Birds of Canada"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sibley|first=David|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44090592|title=The Sibley guide to birds|date=2000|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=0-679-45122-6|edition=1st |location=New York|oclc=44090592}}</ref>
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| style="padding-right: 1em;padding-left:0.35em;" | [[Bird measurement#Weight|weight]] || style="padding-right: 0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;" | {{convert|860|g|lb|abbr=on}}
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| style="padding-right: 1em;padding-left:0.35em;" | [[Bird measurement#Culmen|culmen]] || style="padding-right: 0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;" | {{convert|37|-|42|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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| style="padding-right: 1em;padding-left:0.35em;" | [[Bird measurement#Tarsus|tarsus]] || style="padding-right: 0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;" | {{convert|36|-|40|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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