Birds of the World - Stercorarius


Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) Range: SO, AN: southern oceans and coasts: coastal s Argentina, Falkland Is., Tristan da Cunha group (sc South Atlantic), subantarctic and Antarctic is. from Cape Horn to New Zealand region South Africa
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Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis) Range: SA: coastal sc Chile and se Argentina to Cape Horn Ushuaia, Argentina Note black cap and brownish color compared to South Polar Skua.
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Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens) Range: NA, PAL: Holarctic high and low Arctic tundra, locally subarctic: nw, se Greenland, Arctic n Scandinavia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka (e Russia); Arctic and w, s Alaska through Arctic Canada to Ellesmere and Baffin is. Nome, Alaska,
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Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens) Immature Range: NA, PAL: Holarctic high and low Arctic tundra, locally subarctic: nw, se Greenland, Arctic n Scandinavia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka (e Russia); Arctic and w, s Alaska through Arctic Canada to Ellesmere and Baffin is. United States Immature Long-tailed Jaegers are more grey than other immatures (Birds of Peru).
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Has longest central tail feathers (longer than length of tail) of any Jaeger.


South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) Range: AN: coastal Antarctica, especially Ross Sea; also South Shetland and South Orkney is. (off Antarctic Pen.) Pale morph. Image credit: Henry Kaiser, NSF
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South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) Range: AN: coastal Antarctica, especially Ross Sea; also South Shetland and South Orkney is. (off Antarctic Pen.) Massachusetts, Dark morph. Also note more white on wings than on those of jaegers.
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Comes in pale and dark morph. Migrates between the Arctic and Antarctic, so could turn up anywhere.

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Range: NA, PAL: Holarctic low Arctic tundra, locally high Arctic and subarctic: w, s Greenland, Iceland, n Scotland, Scandinavian coasts including Baltic Sea, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Russia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka, Aleutian and Bering Sea is., w and sw Alaska, Arct
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Light morph.

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Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) Range: NA, PAL: Holarctic low Arctic tundra, locally high Arctic and subarctic: w, s Greenland, Iceland, n Scotland, Scandinavian coasts including Baltic Sea, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Russia to ne Siberia and Kamchatka, Aleutian and Bering Sea is., w and sw Alaska, Arct Barrows, Alaska, Dark morph.
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Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) Range: NA, PAL: Holarctic high Arctic tundra: erratically off sw Greenland, Svalbard (nesting unconfirmed; n of Norway), nw to ne Arctic Russia (including many high Arctic islands), high Arctic n Alaska and sw Alaska mainland, and Arctic Canada to Baffin I. (ne Canada) Barrows, Alaska,
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Largest Jaeger. Black cap extends below bill (Birds of Peru). There is also a dark brown morph.


Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Range: PAL: Iceland, Faroe Is., Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Svalbard (n of Norway), and nw Russia to Novaya Zemlya Handa Island, Highland, Scotland
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