Bird

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 9 of 64 parishes and 1 habitat.

Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 9 of 64 parishes
Habitats: 1

Adult Parasitic Jaeger, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA. iNaturalist photo 551775968. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 9 of 64 parishes
Habitats: 1
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 1

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

WinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Winter: does not nest here, in 9 of 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.