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Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Doug Hynes (XC609518). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 426,828 |
|---|---|
| California | 47,770 |
| Canada | 47,196 |
| Washington | 10,323 |
| Quebec | 9,957 |
| New Jersey | 9,944 |
| Massachusetts | 9,330 |
| Ontario | 8,908 |
| British Columbia | 6,836 |
| New York | 4,203 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Vertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating vertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Scrape nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in scrapes.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Skuas and Jaegers · Stercorariidae |
| Genus | Skuas and Jaegers · Stercorarius |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Parasitic Jaeger with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.