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Table 2 Seabird species involved in different behaviors with skuas and jaegers

From: At-sea abundance and distribution of skuas and jaegers (Charadriiformes: Stercorariidae) at coastal waters off central Chile

 

Chilean skua (56)

Parasitic jaeger (51)

Southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides Smith) (48)

K

 

Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus Coues) (48)

K

 

Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus Gmelin) (43)

K, F

 

White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus) (54)

R

 

Peruvian booby (Sula variegata Tschudi) (74)

K

 

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus Forster) (70)

F

 

Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii Lesson) (76)

F

 

Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein) (58)

F

 

Franklin's gull (Larus pipixcan Wagler) (40)

 

K

Grey gull (Larus modestus Tschudi) (46)

 

K

Inca tern (Larosterna inca Lesson) (41)

F

K

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) Pontoppidan (38)

 

K

South American tern (Sterna hirundinacea Lesson) (42)

 

K

  1. In parenthesis are the average bird sizes (body length in cm) after Jaramillo (2005). K, kleptoparasitism; F, feeding; R, resting.