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Where does the Parasitic Jaeger live?

Stercorarius parasiticus has 537,551 records in 175 countries and territories, from 1746 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Parasitic Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger — Photo: Jinesh PS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesStercorariidaeStercorarius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17462026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 140,949
Sweden 94,687
Denmark 52,321
Norway 45,030
United Kingdom 40,583
Canada 31,280
Iceland 18,360
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 12,155
Finland 11,781
Spain 9,711
Australia 9,539
Netherlands 9,283
France 6,360
New Zealand 5,992
India 4,545
Portugal 4,135
Belgium 3,830
Estonia 2,899
Russia 2,445
Ireland 2,419
Israel 2,304
Chile 1,903
South Africa 1,746
Åland Islands 1,716
Germany 1,533
Mexico 1,472
Faroe Islands 1,119
United Arab Emirates 981
Taiwan 919
Greenland 833
Poland 805
Italy 756
Senegal 628
Türkiye 626
Morocco 590
Argentina 576
Panama 555
Thailand 426
Costa Rica 393
Isle of Man 384

Showing the top 40 of 175 places.

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Others in the family Stercorariidae.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.