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;[[:Category:Stercorarius|Stercorarius]] skua
 
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Length 57-59cm.  Overall dark brown with distinct white bases of primaries (visible only in flight).  Throat lighter brown.  Tail slightly wedge-shaped.  Black bill and legs.
 
Length 57-59cm.  Overall dark brown with distinct white bases of primaries (visible only in flight).  Throat lighter brown.  Tail slightly wedge-shaped.  Black bill and legs.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Great_Skua.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jenygard|jenygard}} <br />Location: [[Norway]] ]]
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[[Norway]] ]]
  
 
[[Chile]], S. [[Argentina]], [[Antarctic]] Penisula, [[Falkland Islands]], and other S. Atlantic islands.
 
[[Chile]], S. [[Argentina]], [[Antarctic]] Penisula, [[Falkland Islands]], and other S. Atlantic islands.
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==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:Great_Skua.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jenygard|jenygard}} <br />Location: ==Taxonomy==
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Monotypic.  Has been placed in the genus [[:Category:Catharacta|''Catharacta'']] with the other large skuas(Sibley & Monroe, 1993; Clements, 2000).
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Open ocean near coastlines.
 
Open ocean near coastlines.

Revision as of 09:55, 20 May 2009

Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Antarctic Peninsula.
Stercorarius skua

Identification

Length 57-59cm. Overall dark brown with distinct white bases of primaries (visible only in flight). Throat lighter brown. Tail slightly wedge-shaped. Black bill and legs.

Distribution

Norway ]]

Chile, S. Argentina, Antarctic Penisula, Falkland Islands, and other S. Atlantic islands. [[Image:Great_Skua.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by jenygard
Location: ==Taxonomy== Monotypic. Has been placed in the genus Catharacta with the other large skuas(Sibley & Monroe, 1993; Clements, 2000).

Habitat

Open ocean near coastlines.

Behaviour

A scavenger who is not above stealing food from other seabirds.

External Links

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