Family

Stercorariidae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Stercorariidae

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819

Stercorarius longicaudus is the smallest skua species, with distinct identifying features for adults and tricky-to-identify juveniles.

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stercorarius parasiticus, the parasitic jaeger, is a small migratory skua that breeds in northern Eurasia and North America.

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)

Stercorarius pomarinus (pomarine jaeger) is a medium-large jaeger with three plumage morphs, often hard to distinguish from parasitic jaegers.

Chilean Skua

Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857

This is a description of the Chilean skua, Stercorarius chilensis, covering its appearance, distribution, habitat, and reproductive behavior.

South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki H.Saunders, 1893

Stercorarius maccormicki, the south polar skua, is a large migratory seabird that breeds on Antarctic coasts.

Great Skua

Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)

Stercorarius skua, the great skua, is a large brown seabird with distinct physical traits that can be tricky to tell apart from related southern hemisphere skuas.

Brown Skua

Stercorarius antarcticus (R.Lesson, 1831)

Stercorarius antarcticus, the brown skua, is the heaviest skua, with documented size, weight, and unexpected cognitive and social behavior toward humans.