Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyStercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers)
- GenusStercorarius (Skuas and Jaegers)
- SpeciesStercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger)
The parasitic jaeger or arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the parasitic skua or arctic jaeger, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species breeding in Northern Fennoscandia, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Canada, Alaska, and Siberia and wintering across the southern hemisphere. Kleptoparasitism is a major source of food for this species during migration and winter, and is where the name is derived from. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Bali Barat National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Parasitic Jaeger at Bali Barat National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there