WoRMS taxon details
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
137173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137173)
accepted
Species
Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
(of Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815) Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe : précédé d'une analyse du système général d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabeétique des espèces. 2(2): 950pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 793; note: This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferrin...
[details]
page(s): 793; note: This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferrin...
This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferring the taxon to Stercorarius.
Description Length: 65-78 cm (including tail streamers). Plumage: pale morph above dark brown; cap blackish; below yellowish white,...
Distribution circum-arctic
Distribution North America
Description Length: 65-78 cm (including tail streamers). Plumage: pale morph above dark brown; cap blackish; below yellowish white, darkly barred on sides and flanks with mottled or barred dark breastband; sides of neck and collar behind neck yellow when breeding; dark morph above and below uniform dark brown with darker cap; face dull yellowish; central rectrices rounded and twisted at tip. Immature barred above and below without central long central rectrices. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill dark brown or grey with a black tip, long with a strong hook; feet and legs black, bluish above. Habitat: open ocean. Scarce palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Distribution circum-arctic
Distribution circum-arctic [details]
Distribution North America
Distribution North America [details]
WoRMS (2024). Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137173 on 2024-04-19
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(of Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815) Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe : précédé d'une analyse du système général d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabeétique des espèces. 2(2): 950pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 793; note: This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferrin...
[details]
context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe : précédé d'une analyse du système général d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabeétique des espèces. 2(2): 950pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 793 [details]
page(s): 793; note: This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferrin...
This refers to the 2nd edition of the 'Manuel d'ornithologie' by Temminck. The description made is the same as the one made in the first edition of the Manual published in 1815, while also transferring the taxon to Stercorarius.
context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe : précédé d'une analyse du système général d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabeétique des espèces. 2(2): 950pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 793 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Breeding Category Vagrant [details]Description Length: 65-78 cm (including tail streamers). Plumage: pale morph above dark brown; cap blackish; below yellowish white, darkly barred on sides and flanks with mottled or barred dark breastband; sides of neck and collar behind neck yellow when breeding; dark morph above and below uniform dark brown with darker cap; face dull yellowish; central rectrices rounded and twisted at tip. Immature barred above and below without central long central rectrices. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill dark brown or grey with a black tip, long with a strong hook; feet and legs black, bluish above. Habitat: open ocean. Scarce palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Dimensions Length: 21" (53 cm); Wingspan: 48" (122 cm) [details]
Distribution circum-arctic [details]
Distribution North America [details]
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern [details]
Reproduction Breeds on the barrens in the high Arctic of Eurasia as well as North America. Winters mainly at sea from Virginia to the West Indies and off North Africa and in the Pacific from California to Peru and off the coast of Australia. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голям морелетник | [details] |
| Danish | mellemkjove | [details] |
| Dutch | middelste jager | [details] |
| English | pomathorine skuapomarine skuapomarine jaeger | [details] |
| French | stercoraire pomarinlabbe pomarin | [details] |
| German | Spatelraubmöwemittlere Raubmöwe | [details] |
| Hebrew | חמסן רחב-אברה | [details] |
| Japanese | トウゾクカモメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | bukauodegis plėšikas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Γαλαζόραμφος ληστόγλαρος | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | polarjo | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | polarjo | [details] |
| Polish | wydrzyk tęposterny | [details] |
| Russian | поморник средний | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | meirleach pomairíneach | [details] |
| Slovenian | lopatasta govnačka | [details] |
| Spanish | págalo pomarino | [details] |
| Swedish | bredstjärtad labb | [details] |
| Turkish | küt kuyruklu korsan martı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Середній поморникПоморник середній | [details] |
| Welsh | sgiwen fach | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (551 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 95 proteins)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 95 proteins) (from synonym Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stercorariidae (Skuas), USNM 620724, carpometacarpus, dorsal)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (551 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 95 proteins)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 95 proteins) (from synonym Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stercorariidae (Skuas), USNM 620724, carpometacarpus, dorsal)
To PESI
To ITIS
