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Photo by nomdeploom
Location: Antarctic Peninsula.
Photo by jenygard
Location: Norway
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.

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