Long-tailed jaeger: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the long-tailed jaeger lives – recorded in 24 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stercorarius longicaudus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	24 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	39.2 g (birth weight); 270 g (male organism, adult weight); 307 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Stercorariidae

Where does the long-tailed jaeger live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the long-tailed jaeger in 24 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a long-tailed jaeger?

Wikidata records the following for the long-tailed jaeger: mass 39.2 g (birth weight); 270 g (male organism, adult weight); 307 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the long-tailed jaeger endangered?

The long-tailed jaeger’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed jaeger?

The long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Stercorariidae, genus Stercorarius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-tailed jaeger

The long-tailed jaeger or long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-tailed jaeger (revision 1375970417), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q216921 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).