#0812 · 🐦 birds
Parasitic Jaeger
🇳🇱 Kleine Jager ·Stercorarius parasiticus
📍 Hamburgbukta, Spitsbergen
📍 4323 Ellemeet, Nederland
📍 Schoorl, Nederland
📍 8751 TH Zurich, Netherlands
📍 's-Gravenhage, NL-ZH, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Dawn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Hamburgbukta, Spitsbergen:© Arie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 4323 Ellemeet, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schoorl, Nederland:© Pijke Torenvlied · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 8751 TH Zurich, Netherlands:© sallymandr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 's-Gravenhage, NL-ZH, NL:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The parasitic jaeger ( Stercorarius parasiticus ), also known as the Arctic skua or parasitic skua , is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. The word "jaeger" is derived from the German word Jäger , meaning "hunter". The English "skua" comes from the Faroese name skúgvur for the great skua, with the island of Skúvoy known for its colony of that bird. The general Faroese term for skuas is kjógvi .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 20 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,842 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Nederlands
- Kleine Jager
- scientific name
- Stercorarius parasiticus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Stercorariidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 20
- sightings in Europe
- 3,065
- sightings worldwide
- 7,842
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,452
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Stercorariidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4489, Wikidata Q203053, GBIF 2481621, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.