Skuas (Stercorariidae)
Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) - HBW 3, p. 571
French: Labbe à longue queue
German: Falkenraubmöwe
Spanish: Págalo Rabero
Other common names: Long-tailed Jaeger
Taxonomy: Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819, northern Europe.
Individuals with plumage characteristics of pallescens occasionally occur in nominate race. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 - Arctic and subarctic uplands of Scandinavia and Russia E to delta of R Lena; winters in subantarctic and offshore S South America and S Africa.
- pallescens Løppenthin, 1932 - Arctic Greenland, North America and Siberia E of delta of R Lena; winters in subantarctic and offshore S South America and S Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in breeding plumage coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2008 3 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
Calling to another adult on top of rock. Locality Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA (United States)
Wayne Hall 23 July 2011 43 weeks ago 34 sec 4 -
An adult in breeding plumage with quite short tail looking for insects in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 24 June 2008 3 years ago 52 sec 4 -
Several shots of an adult in breeding plumage landing and taking off in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 24 June 2008 3 years ago 44 sec 3.7 -
An adult in breeding plumage with very long tail looking for insects in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 24 June 2008 3 years ago 52 sec 3.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage flying and alarming around the nest in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2008 3 years ago 16 sec 3.5
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Standing in the outfall.
Locality Alert, Nunavut, Canada (ssp pallescens)
Ken Simonite 5 July 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
Long-tailed Jaeger spooks a pair of Red Knots and a Ruddy Turnstone.
Locality Alert, Nunavut, Canada (ssp pallescens)
Ken Simonite 6 July 2011 46 weeks ago 4 -
An adult sitting in the tundra
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 23 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A breeding bird in the tundra, perched on the ground.
Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway (ssp longicaudus)
Dc.Owl 11 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Breeder flying.
Locality Blomstrandhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp longicaudus)
Christophe Gouraud 27 July 2011 40 weeks ago 3.7 -
Resting on the Arctic tundra.
Locality Alert, Nunavut, Canada (ssp pallescens)
Ken Simonite 5 July 2011 44 weeks ago 3.6
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A pair alarming near the nest Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 11 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
An adult alarming near the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp longicaudus)
Laurent Demongin 6 July 2008 2 years ago 4
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