Interestingly, Jaeger is not the German common name. Long-tailed Jaeger is
"Falkenraubmöwe" and the Arctic, "Schmarotzerraubmöwe". I will leave the
discussion on their pronunciation to yourselves.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 27/07/2012, at 12:42, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> 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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