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[[Image:d08_2639.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|nomdeploom|nomdeploom}} <br/>Location: [[Antarctic]] Peninsula.]] | [[Image:d08_2639.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|nomdeploom|nomdeploom}} <br/>Location: [[Antarctic]] Peninsula.]] | ||
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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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[[Chile]], S. [[Argentina]], [[Antarctic]] Penisula, [[Falkland Islands]], and other S. Atlantic islands. | [[Chile]], S. [[Argentina]], [[Antarctic]] Penisula, [[Falkland Islands]], and other S. Atlantic islands. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== |
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- 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
Chile, S. Argentina, Antarctic Penisula, Falkland Islands, and other S. Atlantic islands.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open ocean near coastlines.
Behaviour
A scavenger who is not above stealing food from other seabirds.