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Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus(Temminck, 1815)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The pomarine jaeger, pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- NA, PAL : Holarctic high Arctic tundra: erratically off south-west Greenland, Svalbard (nesting unconfirmed; north of Norway), north-west to north-east Arctic Russia (including many high Arctic islands), high Arctic north Alaska and south-west Alaska mainland, and Arctic Canada to Baffin I. (north-east Canada)
- Non-breeding range
- To temperate to tropical coasts and offshore waters worldwide
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
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- Apr
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- Jun
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- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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