Explore: Jaegers (birds)

the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English. The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese

Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger), the three jaegers were formerly placed in a separate genus from the larger skuas (with the jaegers in Stercorarius and the

separate parasitic jaegers from long-tailed jaegers. Parasitic jaegers are bulkier, shorter-winged, and less tern-like than long-tailed jaegers. They are usually

lemmings near nesting sites. It will sometimes feed on insects and birds. Like other jaegers and skuas, it is also a kleptoparasite; chasing other seabirds

"perching" birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings

This article lists living orders and families of birds. In total there are about 11,000 species of birds described as of 2024, though one estimate of the

Robert W.; Hamer, Keith (2003). "Skuas and Jaegers". In Perrins, Christopher (ed.). Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. pp. 270–273. ISBN 1-55297-777-3

sightings. List of birds of California David L. Suddjian (2006). "Checklist of the Birds of Santa Cruz County, California" (PDF). Santa Cruz Bird Club. Archived

by AIS Canberra Darters and in 2004 Sandpipers were replaced by Hunter Jaegers. In 2008, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league was replaced by the

Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/