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Parasitic Jaeger Sounds

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Finnmark, July 03, 1996Recorded by Roger Charters / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, July 03, 2007Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Finnmark, July 03, 1996Recorded by Roger Charters / Macaulay Library

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Calls

The main call is a series of 3 to 4 (sometimes up to 12) two-parted notes, given a bit faster than one per second on the ground or in flight. There’s also a shorter, irregular series of staccato notes that may be given during attacks and chases.

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Compare the Pomarine Jaeger Adult light morph to the Parasitic Jaeger

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Long-tailed Jaeger

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Long-tailed Jaeger

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Northern Fulmar

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Species in This Family

Skuas and Jaegers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Stercorariidae)

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