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The parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species that breeds in Northern Scandinavia, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Canada, Alaska, and Siberia and winters across the southern hemisphere.
The common loon is the official provincial bird of Ontario. This list of birds of Ontario includes all the bird species recorded in the Canadian province of Ontario as determined by the Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of August 2024 there were 511 species on this list, 291 of which are known to breed in the province.
The skuas / ˈ s k juː ə / are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae. The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua , the long-tailed skua , and the pomarine skua , are called jaegers in North American English .
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Stercorariidae. Skuas are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong ...
The following bird species (sorted by family) have been spotted in the City of Toronto, and Greater Toronto: [31] Blue jays may be seen throughout the city. Toronto's Major League Baseball team is named after the bird. The common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario, and a bird species that breeds within Greater Toronto. [31]
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Canada.There are approximately 200 mammal species in Canada. [1] Its large territorial size consist of fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones, ranging from oceanic coasts, to mountains to plains to urban housing, mean that Canada can harbour a great variety of species, including nearly half of the known cetaceans. [2]
The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, [2] is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant , wintering at sea in the tropical oceans. Taxonomy
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