Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

Pßgalo Colilargo

Smaller and thinner than the other jaeger species. The two central tail feathers in the adults are very long and slender. Length: 46 cm.; weight: male 280 g., female 310 g. Breeds on the tundra in northern Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Eurasia. Winters at sea. Accidental off Hispaniola, but will probably be found in the ocean off Puerto Rico as well.

TAXONOMY: CHARADRIIFORMES; LARIDAE; Stercorariinae

References

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Long-tailed Jaeger, Spanish text

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