Species profile
Parasitic/long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, PAL. Breeding subregions are 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, Arctic Canada (except n high Arctic islands) to Baffin I. and ec Canada. Non breeding regions are to high-productivity subtropical to tropical coastal waters of s continents: coastal w, s, ec Africa, Persian Gulf, e coast Arabian Sea (w India and Sri Lanka), n Indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand, Peru, Chile and ec Argentina.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius parasiticus
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Parasitic/long-tailed Jaeger in your journal
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