Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus): Photos, Range and Facts

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.

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Range and habitat

Breeds mostly low Arctic tundra from Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland eastward to northeastern Siberia and Kamchatka, Aleutian and Bering Sea islands, through Alaska to east-central Arctic Canada (except northern high Arctic islands); winters to coastal waters of Africa, Persian Gulf, western India and Sri Lanka, eastward to Australasia, and Peru, Chile, and east-central Argentina.

Parasitic Jaeger

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