- Comments:
Known for their agility and ability to pursue other seabirds until they drop their
food, Parasitic Jaegers are highly acrobatic and aggressive during chases. During the
breeding season they also eat small birds, eggs and lemmings. Parasitic Jaegers usually
show 4-6 white primary shafts. Light and intermediate-phase juveniles have a distinctive
cinnamon-toned plumage. Adults show a pale crescent just behind their bills, a peaked head
and their central tail feathers are narrow and pointed.
- Parasitic Jaegers
occur in small numbers or are found only in localized sites within the Great Plains.
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