BIR060-00373
A vulnerable, federally threatened male Steller’s eider (Polysticta stelleri) at the Alaska SeaLife Center. This bird’s numbers have dropped by 80% since the 1980’s, and now are found breeding sporadically and low numbers near Barrow, AK.
Keywords
- Alaska
- Alaska SeaLife Center
- bird
- black background
- Brown
- captivity
- Close-up
- copy space
- duck
- federally-threatened
- head and shoulders
- looking around
- male animal
- Photo Ark
- Polysticta stelleri
- rare
- Seward
- side view
- Steller's eider
- studio shot
- vulnerable
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines
This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
