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Pomarine

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Po´ma`rine
a.1.(Zool.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.
Pomarine jager
(Zool.) a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.


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All four skua species were seen along the coast, including Pomarines at Point of Ayr and Bardsey, and long-tailed skua from Anglesey's Bull Bay.
In the late summer, you will likely see pomarine and parasitic jaegers, black-legged kittiwakes, red and rednecked phalaropes, northern gannets, and Manx and sooty shearwaters.
pomarinus (Temminck), pomarine N R jaeger Sterna antillarum (Lesson), least I R tern S.
 
 
 
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