Jaeger

Information on Arctic Birds

Long-tailed jaegers, Stercorarius longicaudus, defending their nest in an aerial threat display, Victoria Island, Nunvaut, Arctic Canada

An Arctic Skua raiding an Eider Duck nest on Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Arctic Skua flies up from the road as some huskies approach. Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen

An Arctic Skua raiding an Eider Duck nest on Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen. Norway.

An Arctic Skua raiding an Eider Duck nest on Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Incubating long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) surrounded by blooming purple oxytropis, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Long-tailed Jaeger or Skua. Spitsbergen.

Arctic Jaeger or skua in flight. Spitsbergen

Adult parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus, Svalbard Archipelago, arctic Norway

Long Tailed Jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus, on nest. Pan Arctic

Parasitic Jaeger, Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, Pan Arctic

Long Tailed Jaeger / Skua in flight. Pan Arctic

Arctic Skua by the ruins of Camp Mansfield on the north side of Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen.

Intermediate morph Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, raids eggs in an eider nest. Spitsbergen