Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Long-tailed Jaeger
The Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Stercorariidae (Jaegers and Skuas) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius longicaudus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Stercorarius longicaudus longicaudus
- Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- The north of Europe, Asia and America; restricted type locality, northern Europe.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 32 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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