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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=937&Bird_Image_ID=1256&Bird_Family_ID=102 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=937&Bird_Image_ID=1256&Bird_Family_ID=102 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 13:43, 6 August 2008
- Stercorarius parasiticus
Identification
Also known as Arctic or Parasitic Skua
41 cm length. Light phase adults brown back, mainly white underparts and dark primary wing feathers with a white "flash". The head and neck yellow-white, black cap and pointed central tail projection. Dark phase adults dark brown, and intermediate phase birds are dark with paler underparts, head and neck. All phases have the white wing flash.
Distribution
Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, and northern Russia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dry tundra, higher fells and islands.
Behaviour
Up to four olive-brown eggs are laid.
Diet includes lemmings and other rodents
Jizz and behaviour-based ID tips [[1]]
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Stercorarius parasiticus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
