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| Stercorarius longicaudus |
Vieillot, 1819 |
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Family: Stercorariidae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Long-tailed skua |
Labbe à longue queue |
Págalo rabero |
Falkenraubmöwe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Transequatorial migrant, but highly pelagic so routes and winter distributions poorly known. Rare vagrant
inland. Moves S in Aug-Oct, returning to Northern Hemisphere in Apr-May. Rarely seen during coastal sea
watches except with strong onshore winds. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Antarctic, Europe, North America, North Asia, South America |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |