Listen to the parasitic jaeger
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About the parasitic jaeger
The parasitic jaeger is a bird in the family Stercorariidae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 106 cm.
What does the parasitic jaeger sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as alarm call, call and flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The parasitic jaeger or arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the parasitic skua or arctic jaeger, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species breeding in Northern Fennoscandia, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Canada, Alaska, and Siberia and wintering across the southern hemisphere. Kleptoparasitism is a major source of food for this species during migration and winter, and is where the name is derived from.
Frequently asked questions
What does a parasitic jaeger sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the parasitic jaeger on this page, including its alarm call, call and flight call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the parasitic jaeger endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the parasitic jaeger as “least concern”.
What family does the parasitic jaeger belong to?
The parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) belongs to the family Stercorariidae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Alarm call, call, flight call · near Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba, Canada by Doug Hynes – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q203053 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Parasitic jaeger – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by AWeith – CC BY-SA 4.0