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Bird name: Parasitic Jaeger
Latin: Stercorarius parasiticus
Other: Arctic Skua • Labbe parasite (Fr) • Schmarotzerraubmöwe (De) • págalo parásito (Es) • labbo (It) • kleine jager (Nl) • Kustlabb (Sv) • Moleiro-parasítico (Pt)
Family: Stercorariidae • Skuas, Jaegers
Range: Iceland, N North America, Eurasia - Southern oceans
Similar: Long-tailed Skua

The Parasitic Jaeger, or Actic Skua, seen here over land in Iceland, and identified by the long tail feathers.

067 Stercorariidae - Skuas - IOC 2.5 - 2010

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Stercorarius pomarinus - Pomarine Skua - N North America, Eurasia - temperate & tropical oceans - more closely related to large skuas than to traditional jaegers
Stercorarius parasiticus - Parasitic Jaeger - N North America, Eurasia - S oceans - German Jaeger for Stercorarius parasiticus and S. longicaudus?
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