Galapagos Species Database

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Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Págalo Parasítico, Salteador parásito, Parasitic Jaeger (Artic Skua)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Stercorariidae

Genus
Stercorarius

Species
parasiticus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: There are no confirmed records. Harris (1981) wrote that the pecies was “probably” seen in February 1979 by R. J. Tomkins

References

  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
  • Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
  • Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
  • 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.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Stercorarius parasiticus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5178. Accessed 12 August 2025.