Mark & Carl,
Yes, "Jaeger" (or correctly "Jäger") is German for hunter. And yes again, their
German common name is "Raubmöwe", which means "Robber Gull".
Even if Germany was landlocked, there would still be German common names (e.g.
there are German common names for all Australian birds). However, I have seen
all three Jaegers plus Great Skua in Germany at the North Sea in Germany.
Arctic Jaeger (Brit)/Arctic Skua (Aus)/Parasitic Jaeger (Am) even migrates
across the European landmass to winter in the Red Sea
Cheers,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: Carl Clifford <>
To: Dave Torr <>
Cc: Mark Carter <>; ""
<>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 1:52 PM
Subject: Skua vs Jaeger
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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