page_title: List of birds of Biscayne National Park
section_title: Skuas and jaegers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Biscayne National Park / Skuas and jaegers
caption_attribution_description: Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus, off Mauritania
context_page_description: This is a comprehensive listing of bird species recorded in Biscayne National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Florida. This list is based on one published by the National Park Service with species confirmed through December 21, 2017. An additional 45 species have been added from eBird records up to July 2020. The combined list contains 258 species, of which 14 are accidental and 10 have been introduced. With two exceptions, introduced species recorded in the Park which do not have established populations according to the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee are not included here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following status codes have been used to annotate some species:
  Accidental - a species that occurs rarely or accidentally in Florida, and for which the FOSRC requests a full report for verification
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae
  Skuas are medium to large seabirds, typically with gray 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, acrobatic fliers.
  Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
  Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
caption: Pomarine jaeger
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