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  7. Pomarine Jaeger

BirdUp · Species

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus(Temminck, 1815)

Origin: Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Stercorariidae
Genus
Stercorarius

At a glance

The Pomarine Jaeger is a very large bird, about 65–78 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
65–78 cm
Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Very common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does a Pomarine Jaeger look like?

The Pomarine Jaeger is a very large bird, about 65–78 cm long and weighing 530–917 g.

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

Field specs

Length
65–78 cm
Weight
530–917 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Pomarine Jaeger?

The Pomarine Jaeger is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

  1. Jan
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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

What does a Pomarine Jaeger eat?

The Pomarine Jaeger feeds on carrion and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks or alone.

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Pomarine Jaeger live in Australia?

The Pomarine Jaeger is native to Australia, recorded across 14 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingNA, 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-breedingTo temperate to tropical coasts and offshore waters worldwide

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Breeding
  • Vagrant
  • Non-breeding

8 regions recorded