Skua
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SKUA, 1 the name for a long while given to certain of the Laridae (see Gull), birds which sufficiently differ in structure, appearance and habits to justify their separation as a distinct genus, ...
Skua
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see jaeger.
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Jaeger - common name for several members of the family Stercorariidae, member of a family of hawklike sea birds closely related to the gull and the tern.
Great Skua
Catharacta skua (Brunnich)
Status Rare visitant. Although there were several nineteenth-and early twentieth century sightings, the first known specimen, killed in Shelburne County and consigned to a dealer in Boston, ...
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Scotland
The Great Skua breeds near the sea in northern Scotland, Iceland, Faeroes and in arctic and sub-arctic areas of northern Europe.
Great skua Stercorarius skua
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Length: 17.5 inches Wingspan: 16 inches
Sexes similar
Large, heavyset, thick-necked with broad-based wings
Thick, heavy bill
Broad white patch at base of primaries
Short broad tail ...
Great Skua
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The Skua (identified and reported as a South Polar Skua) was first spotted by those at the front of the boat sitting on the water. It was photographed at this point and the photograph will be sent to Mass Audubon for Wayne and Simon to study.
The Skua is widely distributed around the Falklands coast, but nowhere is it abundant.
It nests singly or in small colonies near to sources of prey, such as penguin and cormorant colonies from which it steals eggs and young.
Great skua
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South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
Described by: Saunders (1893)
Alternate common name(s): McCormick's Skua
Old scientific name(s): Catharacta maccormicki ...
The south polar skua eats fish, krill, squid, carrion, crustaceans, mollusks and the eggs and chicks of seabirds. It may also follow ships at sea and eat the garbage thrown overboard.
Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic Skua
"Parasitic Jaeger"
Description ...
Skua, Great Stercorarius skua Found: North America, Europe
Photographed by: 1) Kaido Karner 2) Steffen Foerster Photography 3) Dick Daniels in Scotland 4) Dick at Featherdale in Australia ...
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Diet / Feeding:
Outside the breeding season, skuas take fish, offal (= entrails and internal organs of butchered animals) and carrion.
Brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi)
Information on the brown skua is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos ...
Parasitic Skua, Arctic Skua, Arctic Jaeger, Richardson's Jeager, Richardsons Jaeger, Richardson's Skua, Arctic Hawk Gull, Black-Toed Gull, Boatswain, Dung-Hunter, Gull-Chaser, Jiddy Hawk, Man-O'-War, Marlinespike, Skait-Bird, Teaser, Whip-Tail ...
Long-tailed Skua
Hybridisation between lonnbergi and maccormicki occurs along the Antarctic Peninsula and islands, between chilensis and antarctica in Patagonia, and between chilensis and maccormicki on the South Shetland Islands.
Leopard Seal, Skua Gull, Killer Whale
Lifestyle:
Whether the animal is solitary or sociable...
DNA-DNA hybridization results have led to misleading conclusions, the Pomarine Skua - Great Skua phenomenon being a famous example.
Other birds include the dove, Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant, Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, ...
Their main enemies are the leopard seal, killer whale, and skua gull. Their legs are set far back on their bodies, they waddle awkwardly on land, and often travel by tobogganing on their bellies over ice.
Sea lions and orca are known predators of this species at sea, and gulls, skua gulls (pictured above) and other sea birds are known to take eggs and chicks.
Life History ...
South Polar Skua may be one of the most likely pelagic rarities. Brown Booby, Red-footed Booby, Red Phalarope, Long-tailed Jaeger, Roseate Tern, Brown Noddy, ...
At this season the bird is very courageous, and, like the Common Skua, attacks every intruder upon the limits of its territory, by pouncing and striking at the head with its bill and wings.
 See also: Petrel, Gannet, Shearwater, Puffin, Flamingo
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