First Observation of a Four-egg Clutch of Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Tomas Roslin

doi:10.1676/14-072.1

First Observation of a Four-egg Clutch of Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Tomas Roslin

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Abstract

Long-tailed Jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus) normally lay one or two eggs (rarely three), with a maximum of two eggs set by the existence of only two brood patches. Here, however, we present the first documentation of a clutch of four eggs in a Long-tailed Jaeger nest found at Zackenberg in northeastern Greenland.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-153
Journal	Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Volume	127
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1676/14-072.1
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

clutch size
Greenland
lemmings
Stercorarius longicaudus
Zackenberg

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