Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Stercorarioidea > Family Stercorariidae > Genus Stercorarius

Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

StercorariusBrisson, 1760accepted genus name
Catharacta Brünnich, 1764 synonym
Lestris Illiger, 1811 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: lille kjove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kleinste jager sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. 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);van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
 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.
 German: Falkenraubmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Βελονοληστόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חמסן זנבתן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: シロハラトウゾクカモメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: ilgauodegis plėšikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: fjelljo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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

original description

Vieillot, L.P. (1819). Les Stercoraire. Stercorarius. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. 32: 154-159.

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

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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

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

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

Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137171

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/461449cf-7510-4a59-acf1-bb619532566d

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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