Species

Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic jaeger)

Stercorarius parasiticus. Photo: (c) kerry_ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the Arctic skua or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. The word “jaeger” is derived from the German word Jäger, meaning “hunter”. The English “skua” comes from the Faroese name skúgvur for the great skua, with the island of Skúvoy known for its colony of that bird. The general Faroese term for skuas is kjógvi . The genus name Stercorarius is Latin and means

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Stercorariidae (Skuas and jaegers)
        Genus: Stercorarius (Skuas and jaegers)
        Species: Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic jaeger)

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