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

Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*		accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: kleinste 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: long-tailed jaeger; long-tailed skua sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Long-tailed Skua sources: Charles Hussey

French: labbe à longue queue 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.

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

Galician: Meirleach earrfhada

German: Falkenraubmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: fjelljo sources: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 32 p. 157

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjelljo sources: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 32 p. 157

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: uzun kuyruklu korsan martı; uzunkuyruklu Korsan Marti sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Поморник довгохвостий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: sgiwen lostfain

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	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

Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (423 publications)
GenBank (31 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819. 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:137171

Drs Cees Roselaar. Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96913