First observation of a four-egg clutch of long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus).

• Published in: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: Hansen, Jannik, Ek, Malin, Roslin, Tomas, Moreau, Jérôme, Teixeira, Maria, Gilg, Olivier, Schmidt, Niels Martin
• Other Authors: Department of Bioscience Roskilde, Aarhus University Aarhus, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT), Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: clutch size; Greenland; lemmings; Stercorarius longicaudus; Zackenberg; [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology; Long-tailed Jaeger
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01133941

5 pages International audience 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.