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The great skua (Stercorarius skua ... the great skua is an also an aggressive kleptoparasite, deliberately harassing birds as large as gannets to steal a free meal.
The skuas are strong, acrobatic fliers. They are generally aggressive in disposition. Potential predators approaching their nests will be quickly attacked by the parent birds, which usually target the heads of intruders – a practice known as 'divebombing'. [8] Great skua leaving the nest Skua nestling, with egg tooth still present on its beak
Brown skua; C. Chilean skua; G. Great skua ... Great skua; L. Long-tailed jaeger; P. Parasitic jaeger; Pomarine jaeger; S. South polar skua This page was last edited ...
A great skua robbing a gannet. The northern gannet is not heavily predated. The only known habitual natural predators of adults are bald eagles, white-tailed eagles and golden eagles. [109] Predators of eggs and nestlings include the great black-backed gull and American herring gull, common ravens, ermine, and red fox.
The south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen. This species and the other large skuas, such as the great skua, are sometimes placed in a separate genus ...
Brown skua eyeing a king penguin carcass. This is the heaviest species of skua and rivals the largest gulls, the great black-backed gull and glaucous gull, as the heaviest species in the shorebird order although not as large in length or wingspan. [2]
The parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species that breeds in Northern Scandinavia , Scotland , Iceland , Greenland , Northern Canada , Alaska , and Siberia and winters across the southern hemisphere.
The word "jaeger" is derived from the German word Jäger, meaning "hunter". [2] The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese name skúgvur [ˈskɪkvʊər] for the great skua, with the island of Skúvoy known for its colony of that bird.