Pomarine jaeger

Pomarine jaeger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Stercorariidae
Genus: Stercorarius
Species:
S. pomarinus
Binomial name
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Temminck, 1815)
Range of S. pomarinus
  Breeding
  Non-breeding
  Passage
  Vagrant (seasonality uncertain)
Synonyms
  • Catharacta pomarinus
  • Coprotheres pomarinus

The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua,[2] is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Stercorarius pomarinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694240A132534251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694240A132534251.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference birdsbritannica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).