---
title: "Long-tailed Jaeger"
description: "Stercorarius longicaudus — Birds. The long-tailed jaeger or long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-tailed-jaeger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Jaeger

> Stercorarius longicaudus — Birds. The long-tailed jaeger or long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

- Scientific name: *Stercorarius longicaudus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 2669
- Wikidata: [Q216921](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216921)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4481](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4481)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Jaeger
- de: Falkenraubmöwe
- es: Salteador cola larga
- fr: Labbe à longue queue
- nl: Kleinste jager
- pt: Moleiro-de-cauda-comprida
- pl: Wydrzyk długosterny

## Countries with the most observations

US (579), RU (298), CA (248), NO (147), SE (104), FI (52), SJ (38), DE (18), FR (18), GL (17), AU (8), IT (6)

## Summary

The long-tailed jaeger or long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_jaeger

## Photo

![Long-tailed Jaeger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-jaeger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227073383

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-tailed-jaeger?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).