Skuas

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

The Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) is a 444 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Skuas

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

444 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

63

Recorded in United States, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Iceland, SJ, Finland, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, New Zealand, France, India, Portugal, Belgium, Estonia, Russia, Ireland, Israel, Chile, Åland, South Africa, Mexico, Germany, Faeroe Islands, Greenland, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Senegal, Morocco, Argentina, Panama, Thailand, Costa Rica, Isle of Man, Peru, Uruguay, Gambia, Ukraine, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Oman, Japan, Greece, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Honduras, Namibia, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Ecuador, Colombia, GP, BM, Puerto Rico, Romania.

Where to see it: Smeerenburg (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Sjoskrenten (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Longyearbyen (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Nordvest-Spitsbergen NP · Fjortende Julibreen (Svalbard and Jan Mayen); Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard and Jan Mayen).

Photo: (c) P Jeganathan, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist