Parasitic Jaeger

Bird - Stercorarius parasiticus

Spending the winter out at sea, the Parasitic Jaeger spends the breeding season on the dry arctic tundra nesting around 4 eggs each season.  The birds will feed on rodents, insects and small birds. During the winter, it mainly steals and eats the catches of other birds.

Main Photo Credit: Parasitic Jaeger by Andreas Trepte, 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_jaeger#/media/File:Parasitic_Jaeger.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 2.5, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5.
Second Photo Credit: Parasitic Jaeger dark morph by Zak Pohlen, 2015. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/9ef45d4b-ecff-44fa-a4ab-640980543d09. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0.

Cree

Term Dialect
Akumushiish Southern East Cree

Dene

Term Dialect
Ts'el k'at Dinjii Zhuh k’yuu (Gwich'in)

English

Term Dialect
Parasitic Jaeger Standard English

Français

Term Dialect
Labbe parasite Français canadien

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Isunngaq Kalaallisut

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Ihun'ngaq Kangiryuarmiutun
Ihunngaq Nattilingmiutut, Inuinnaqtun
Isunngaq Aivilingmiutut, Sallirmiutun

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Miġiaqsaayuk North Alaskan Iñupiaq

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