Skuas & Jaegers in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made