- Comments:
Individual variations and two color morphs make it difficult to differentiate among
the three jaegers. Pomarine Jaegers are larger, have a heavier, barrel-chested appearance
and broader and longer wings than other jaegers. Although usually lost soon after leaving
their arctic breeding grounds, the two central tail feathers are broad, blunt, have a
halftwist and extend beyond the rest of the tail. On breeding grounds their main food is
lemmings.
- Pomarine Jaegers
occur in small numbers or are found only in localized sites within the Great Plains.
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