Jaeger - if I am not mistaken - is German for "hunter" so fairly
appropriate.
On 27 July 2012 12:36, Mark Carter <> wrote:
> I grew up on a Scottish island calling all Stercorariidae 'Skua'- a fine
> old Norse name for these equally fine birds. Its also the Scots Gaelic name
> for the birds. Only later did I hear that those quaint Americans called
> them 'jaegers'- an old german name I'm told, although given Germany's near
> landlocked nature I'm not sure how that name came to be.
> Now I read Aussies using the two names to refer to two types of
> Stercorarid.
> Sorry, but they will all always be Skua to me! Or maybe we should dump
> common names altogether as they result in so much hot air and confusion...
> Cheers.
> Mark Carter (who is looking forward to seeing lots of SKUA on the Albany
> pelagic this weekend!)
> www.desertlife.com.au
> (by iPhone)
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