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Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Subject: Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
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Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus


Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

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Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus

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Rick Cech
The largest of our jaegers, the Pomarine preys on birds up to the size of terns and small gulls, as well as on lemmings, carrion, and the eggs and young of colonial seabirds. Like the Parasitic Jaeger, at sea it also pursues gulls and terns, forcing them to disgorge their food, which it snatches up in midair. Although it can be spotted from land at times, it is much more often seen far offshore.
description
22" (56 cm). Larger and stockier than the Parasitic Jaeger, with a more extensive white flash on outer wing. Central tail feathers twisted and blunt or spoon-shaped, not pointed; breast band often darker and wider; bill heavier; wings broader at base. Flight more direct. Dark-phase and light-phase individuals occur.

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