Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus(Temminck, CJ, 1815)
English (US) Pomarine Jaeger
The Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) 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.
Range: breeds high Arctic tundra, mainly northwestern to northeastern Russia (including many high Arctic islands), northern and southwestern Alaska, eastward through Arctic Canada to Baffin Island (northeastern Canada); winters to temperate to tropical coasts and offshore waters worldwideRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius pomarinus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1815)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lestris pomarinus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1815)
- Type locality
- Arctic regions of Europe.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe ed.1 p.514
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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