Skua - Wikipedia The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese name for the great skua, skúgvur [ˈskɪkvʊɹ], with the island of Skúvoy renowned for its colony of that bird
Skua | Antarctic, Seabird, Predator | Britannica The great skua, or bonxie, is a bird about 60 cm (24 inches) long, resembling a gull but heavily built, with a brownish body and large, white wing patches It is the only bird that breeds both in the Arctic and in the Antarctic
Skua Bird Facts - A-Z Animals The skua is a top avian predator with a reputation for being a bird bully These birds are long-distance migrants who spend their winters in warmer waters before heading to the Arctic to breed
Getting to Know Skuas: The Feisty Predators of the Avian World Great Skua (Stercorarius skua): Also known as the “Bonxie,” the Great Skua is the largest skuas It has a dark brown plumage with white markings and a robust build Great Skuas are primarily found in the North Atlantic, breeding on remote islands and coastal cliffs
Skua - South Polar - Antarctica fact file birds Often a visitors first sight of a skua is at a penguin colony where they usually are nesting nearby They hang around as a dark presence looking for unguarded eggs or weak or isolated chicks to prey on, which is a very productive means of finding food, but does their reputation no good at all
Great Skua - eBird Adults have distinct pale mottling on the upperparts, which serves to separate them from adults of the very similar South Polar Skua Juveniles are more uniformly colored, with warm-colored and largely unmarked underparts; note bulkier build and more powerful flight than Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua Bird Facts | Stercorarius Skua - The RSPB Wildlife . . . How to identify The Great Skua is a pirate of the seas which will steal a free meal from birds as large as Gannets It also preys on smaller birds such as Puffins Great Skuas show little fear of humans – anybody getting close to the nest will be repeatedly dive-bombed by the angry adult