Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Stercorariidae > Genus Stercorarius

Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lestris

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lestris pomarinus*	Temminck, 1815	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): polarjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Голям морелетник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: mellemkjove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: middelste jager sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: pomarine jaeger; pomarine skua; pomathorine skua sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

English-United States: Pomarine Skua sources: Charles Hussey

French: labbe pomarin; stercoraire pomarin sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Gaelic: meirleach pomairíneach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Meirleach pomairíneach

German: mittlere Raubmöwe; Spatelraubmöwe sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γαλαζόραμφος ληστόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Meirleach pomairíneach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): חמסן רחב-אברה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: bukauodegis plėšikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: polarjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: polarjo sources: Man. Orn. ed. 1 [1814] p. 514

Norwegian Nynorsk: polarjo sources: Man. Orn. ed. 1 [1814] p. 514

Nynorsk (Norwegian): polarjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wydrzyk tęposterny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: поморник средний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: meirleach pomairíneach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: lopatasta govnačka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: págalo pomarino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: bredstjärtad labb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: küt kuyruklu korsan martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Поморник середній; Середній поморник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: sgiwen fach

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (500 publications)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
GenBank (25 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137173

Drs Cees Roselaar. Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96917