Skuas & Jaegers in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May
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