Skuas

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

The Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a 288 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Skuas

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

288 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

37

Recorded in United States, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Australia, Spain, Russia, SJ, Taiwan, Greenland, Belgium, Argentina, Chile, France, Peru, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Japan, Israel, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Faeroe Islands, Mexico, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, South Africa, BM, Iceland, Poland.

Where to see it: Ngor · Hotel Le Calao (seawatch) (Senegal); Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Auto selected (High seas or unknown); Smeerenburg (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Sisimiut (Greenland).

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist