What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pomarine Jaeger been recorded?

Stercorarius pomarinus occurrence evidence comes from 21,146 records in 36 countries and territories, from 1837 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger — Photo (display-sized rendition): Patrick Coin (Patrick Coin) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesCharadriiformesStercorariidaeStercorarius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

21,146 records across 36 countries and territories, 1837–2026.

Stercorarius pomarinus · GBIF taxon key 2481609

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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

18372026

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

Where Pomarine Jaeger has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pomarine Jaeger. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 16,551
United States 2,585
Belgium 1,642
Canada 201
Mexico 36
Spain 26
Austria 15
Colombia 9
Russia 9
Australia 8
United Kingdom 6
Côte d'Ivoire 5
Netherlands 5
Liberia 4
Namibia 4
Peru 4
ZZ 4
Guatemala 3
France 2
Greenland 2
Guinea 2
Iceland 2
Bahamas 1
Cuba 1
Denmark 1
Ecuador 1
Ghana 1
Croatia 1
Indonesia 1
Italy 1
Jamaica 1
Luxembourg 1
Norway 1
Sierra Leone 1
Venezuela 1
US Virgin Islands 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.