LONG-TAILED JAEGER

Photographed between Ashmore Reef and Scott Reef, nw WA, March 2019

1273                   LONG-TAILED JAEGER                  Stercorarius longicaudus                   

AUSTRALIA                  773

Also known as Long-tailed Skua. Breeds in Arctic of Eurasia and North America, with major populations in Russia, Alaska, and Canada. Winters in the south Atlantic and pacific. Feeds on fish which are mainly caught from other sea birds, smaller birds, food scraps, small mammals, fruit and carrion. Regular but uncommon visitor to off-shore Australian waters.