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Jaegers and skuas | Stercorariidae

Jagers | Págalos

Native species 4 species

Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.

Stercorarius 4 species

  • Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)

    Brown Skua

    Stercorarius antarcticus
    • Subantarctic island coast and tussock
    • Subantarctic ocean
    • Shelf and coastal sea
    • Rocky shore and sea cliff
  • Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

    Long-tailed Jaeger

    Stercorarius longicaudus
    • Shelf and coastal sea
    • Sandy beach and dune
  • Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

    Parasitic Jaeger

    Stercorarius parasiticus
    • Shelf and coastal sea
    • Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons
    • Rocky shore and sea cliff
    • Sandy beach and dune
  • Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

    Pomarine Jaeger

    Stercorarius pomarinus
    • Shelf and coastal sea
    • Sandy beach and dune
    • Tidal flats, estuaries and lagoons

Vagrants 1 species

Stercorarius 1 species

  • South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

    South Polar Skua

    Stercorarius maccormicki
    • Subantarctic ocean
    • Shelf and coastal sea

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