Pomarine jaeger: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pomarine jaeger lives – recorded in 37 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stercorarius pomarinus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	37 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	66 g (birth weight); 648 g (male organism, adult weight); 740 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Stercorariidae

Where does the pomarine jaeger live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pomarine jaeger in 37 countries and territories across Africa, 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 pomarine jaeger?

Wikidata records the following for the pomarine jaeger: mass 66 g (birth weight); 648 g (male organism, adult weight); 740 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the pomarine jaeger endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pomarine jaeger?

The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Stercorariidae, genus Stercorarius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pomarine jaeger

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

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pomarine jaeger (revision 1359093613), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q212767 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).