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Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus(Linnaeus, 1758)
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- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
At a glance
The Parasitic Jaeger is a large bird, about 46–67 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 46–67 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Parasitic Jaeger look like?
The Parasitic Jaeger is a large bird, about 46–67 cm long and weighing 301–644 g.
The parasitic jaeger or arctic jaeger, also known as the parasitic skua or arctic skua in Europe, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species breeding in Northern Fennoscandia, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Canada, Alaska, and Siberia and wintering across the southern hemisphere. Kleptoparasitism is a major source of food for this species during migration and winter, and is where the name is derived from.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Parasitic Jaeger?
The Parasitic Jaeger is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Parasitic Jaeger eat?
The Parasitic Jaeger feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, terrestrial vertebrates and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks or alone.
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