Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stercorarius pomarinus
Págalo Pomarino, Salteador Pomarino, Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Stercorariidae
Genus
Stercorarius
Species
pomarinus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Three were seen between Española and Floreana on 8 December 1971 (Harris 1973). One was seen chasing a Blue-footed Booby in Banks Bay, Isabela, on 13 January 1981 by David Duffy (Harris personal communication)
- Gifford, E.W. (1913) The birds of the Galápagos Islands, with observations on the birds of Cocos and Clipperton Islands (Columbiformes to Pelicaniformes). Expedition of the California Academy of Science, 1905 -1906. Part VIII. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 2(1): 1-132.
- Rothschild, W. Hartert, E. & Jordan, K. (1899) A review of the ornithology of the Galapagos Islands with notes on the Webster-Harris Expedition. Novitates Zoologicae 6(2): 85-286.
- Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stercorarius pomarinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5179. Accessed 31 October 2026.