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Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819

Págalo Colilargo, Salteador rabero, Long-tailed jaeger (Skua)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Stercorariidae

Genus
Stercorarius

Species
longicaudus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: As with Stercorarius parasiticus, there are no confirmed records. Harris (1981) wrote that the species was “probably” seen in February 1979 by R. J. Tomkins.

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Stercorarius longicaudus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5177. Accessed 5 November 2026.