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 pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name
*Catharacta*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym
*Lestris*	Illiger, 1811	synonym

Species group names

*Lestris pomarinus*	Temminck, 1815	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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. & 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: pomarine jaeger; pomarine skua; pomathorine skua sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;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

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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	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.
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	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	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	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	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
new combination reference	Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe : précédé d'une analyse du système général d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabeétique des espèces. 2(2): 950pp.