Parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
The parasitic jaeger or arctic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the parasitic skua or arctic skua in Europe, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.
This is a migratory species.
Charadriiformes, from Charadrius, the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds.
Most members of this order can also collectively be referred to as shorebirds.
The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese name for the great skua, skúgvur [ˈskɪkvʊɹ].
The word "jaeger" or Jäger is German for "hunter".
The genus name Stercorarius (and the family name Stercorariidae) is Latin and means "of dung"; the food, once thought to be excrement, disgorged by other birds when pursued by skuas.
Parasiticus is a Latin adjective meaning "parasitic" or "pertaining to a parasite". It is derived from the Latin noun parasītus, which originates from the Ancient Greek παράσῑτος (parásītos), meaning "one who eats at the table of another". The term is built from para- ("beside") and sitos ("food/grain").











