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Long-tailed Jaeger

(Stercorarius longicaudus)
Alternate name(s): "Long-tailed Skua"
Size: 38-58 cm (streamers 15-20 cm); wing span 1.0-1.2 m
Weight: 230-445 g

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Long-tailed Jaeger at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "pallescens"

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Light morphology

Near-lateral view of an immature first-year Long-tailed Jaeger (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atkinson Dam, QLD, November 2020]

Lateral view of an immature first-year Long-tailed Jaeger (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atkinson Dam, QLD, November 2020]

Lateral view of an immature first-year Long-tailed Jaeger (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atkinson Dam, QLD, November 2020]

Near-dorsal view of an immature first-year Long-tailed Jaeger (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Atkinson Dam, QLD, November 2020]

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