Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyStercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers)
- GenusStercorarius (Skuas and Jaegers)
- SpeciesStercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Jaeger)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Gates of the Arctic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Kenai Fjords National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 15 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 17 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Long-tailed Jaeger in Channel Islands National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Long-tailed Jaeger sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 233 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Long-tailed Jaeger in Channel Islands National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Long-tailed Jaeger in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.