AI overview
The long-tailed jaeger is a seabird that hunts other birds in flight and steals food from them in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. It is notable for its dramatic hunting behavior and its role as a predator in marine ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Species
Least Concernlong-tailed jaeger
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyStercorariidae
Habitatmarine
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stercorarius
- Mass
- +307.2
- Image
- Long-tailed Skua (js) 26.jpg
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Article
The long-tailed jaeger or long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.
Etymology