Parasitic Jaeger

Also known as Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Parasitic Jaeger, scientifically named *Stercorarius parasiticus*, is a species of bird within the family Stercorariidae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is accepted under the authority of Linnaeus, 1758, and is also referred to by the common name Arctic skua. Its habitat is marine, and it has a wingspan of 1.06.

The species is found in Brazil, Indonesia, South America, and Africa. According to the IUCN Red List, its global conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2018. However, it holds a regional conservation status of Vulnerable. Other common names for this bird include sgiwen y Gogledd, Schmarotzerraubmöwe, and Págalo parásito.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Vinony's link graph records 408 inbound references to Parasitic Jaeger, and connects out to Stercorariidae, Russia and German.

Vinony files it under Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Birds described in 1758 and Birds of Europe.

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Species

Least Concern

Arctic skua

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyStercorariidae

Habitatmarine

Maximum longevity: 31.1 years (wild) Observations: Maximum longevity from banding studies is 31.1 years (http://www.euring.org/data_and_codes/longevity.htm).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Stercorarius
Image: 2021-07-11 Parasitic jaeger chick.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Stercorarius parasiticus
Commons category: Stercorarius parasiticus
Commons gallery: Stercorarius parasiticus
taxon common name: Sombe
wingspan: 1.06
taxon range: Africa
regional conservation status: Vulnerable

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Encyclopedic overview

The parasitic jaeger or arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the parasitic skua or arctic jaeger, 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.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parasitic Jaeger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.