Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

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Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) on Nest

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Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) in flight

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LONG-TAILED JAEGER FACTS

distribution map showing range of Stercorarius longicaudus in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Stercorarius
Species:	longicaudus
Common Name:	Long-tailed Jaeger

Relatives in same Genus
  Brown Skua (S. antarcticus)
  South Polar Skua (S. maccormicki)
  Arctic Jaeger (S. parasiticus)
  Pomarine Jaeger (S. pomarinus)