Long-tailed Jaeger 长尾贼鸥

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Stercorariidae 贼鸥科
Genus : Stercorarius 贼鸥属

Binomial name : Stercorarius longicaudus

Long-tailed Jaeger
长尾贼鸥

Size: 48~53cm (tail-streamers of up to 22cm), ws105~117cm

Habitat: Open seas.

Behaviour: Often chases terns and gulls in acrobatic flight.

Status: Migrant

Alternate name: Long-tailed Skua
lifer: May2023 . Tanjung Dawai Offshore @ Kedah

  

Long-tailed Jaeger (dark morph . juv.?)

lifer 20230430 2.17pm Tanjung Dawai Offshore @ Kedah

Long-tailed Jaeger (pale morph . adult)

20230507 11.47am Tanjung Dawai Offshore @ Kedah