Skuas & Jaegers in North Carolina
Our list for North Carolina has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Feb
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