Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 4,499
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Parasitic jaeger”.