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Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
R. Haven Wiley and David S. Lee
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2000
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Knopstertroofmeeu |
| Arabic | كركر بوماريني |
| Armenian | Միջին ծովահեն որոր |
| Asturian | Cágalu pomarín |
| Azerbaijani | Ortaboy dənizçi |
| Basque | Marikaka isatsbihurra |
| Bulgarian | Тъпоопашат морелетник |
| Catalan | Paràsit cuaample |
| Chinese | 中賊鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 中贼鸥 |
| Croatian | širokorepi pomornik |
| Czech | chaluha pomořská |
| Danish | Mellemkjove |
| Dutch | Middelste Jager |
| English | Pomarine Jaeger |
| English (Bangladesh) | Pomarine Jaeger (Pomarine Skua) |
| English (India) | Pomarine Jaeger (Pomarine Skua) |
| English (Kenya) | Pomarine Skua |
| English (New Zealand) | Pomarine Skua |
| English (South Africa) | Pomarine Skua |
| English (UK) | Pomarine Skua |
| English (United States) | Pomarine Jaeger |
| Faroese | Jói |
| Finnish | leveäpyrstökihu |
| French | Labbe pomarin |
| French (French Guiana) | Labbe pomarin |
| Galician | Palleira pomarina |
| German | Spatelraubmöwe |
| Greek | Σπαθοληστόγλαρος |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Lab pirat |
| Hebrew | חמסן רחב-אברה |
| Hungarian | Szélefarkú halfarkas |
| Icelandic | Ískjói |
| Indonesian | Camar-kejar pomarin |
| Italian | Stercorario mezzano |
| Japanese | トウゾクカモメ |
| Korean | 넓적꼬리도둑갈매기 |
| Latvian | Vidējā klijkaija |
| Lithuanian | Bukauodegis plėšikias |
| Malayalam | കരണ്ടിവാലൻ സ്കുവ |
| Mongolian | Бэсрэг хайлгана |
| Norwegian | polarjo |
| Persian | کاکایی اقیانوسی دم پیچ |
| Polish | wydrzyk tęposterny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Moleiro-pomarino |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | mandrião-pomarino |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Moleiro-do-árctico |
| Romanian | Lup de mare |
| Russian | Средний поморник |
| Serbian | Vitorepi pomornik |
| Slovak | pomorník stredný |
| Slovenian | Lopatasta govnačka |
| Spanish | Págalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Salteador Grande |
| Spanish (Chile) | Salteador pomarino |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Págalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Estercorario pomarino |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pagalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Págalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Págalo Robusto |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Salteador Robusto |
| Spanish (Panama) | Págalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Peru) | Salteador Pomarino |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Págalo Pomarino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Págalo pomarino |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Salteador Grande |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Salteador Pomarino |
| Swedish | bredstjärtad labb |
| Thai | นกสกัวหางช้อน |
| Turkish | Küt Kuyruklu Korsanmartı |
| Ukrainian | Поморник середній |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Pomarine Jaeger in North America.
This species winters at sea from California and Florida south. It also breeds in northern Russia and winters in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. See text for details.