Skuas (Stercorariidae)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) - HBW 3, p. 570
French: Labbe parasite
German: Schmarotzerraubmöwe
Spanish: Págalo Parásito
Other common names: Parasitic Jaeger
Taxonomy: Larus parasiticus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar in coastal tundra, mainly within the band 57°-80° N. Winters in oceans of Southern Hemisphere, especially close to coasts of South America, S Africa, S Australia and New Zealand.
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A bird on the ground.(dark morph) Locality Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
Jeremiusz Trzaska 10 July 2012 43 weeks ago 34 sec 4.6 -
A bird of the pale morph resting together with one of the dark morph. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2012 44 weeks ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A bird on the seashore.(light morph) Locality Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
Jeremiusz Trzaska 10 July 2012 43 weeks ago 32 sec 4.5 -
An adult, light morph in breeding plumage, sitting and flying in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A pair trying to lure the observer far from the chicks Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
An adult bird.Dark phase Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 15 June 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 4
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Adult male.
Locality Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 9 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
light phase adult
Locality Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Vesturland (West) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 6 June 2012 41 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult stretching its wings.
Locality Tinayrebukta, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 9 July 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
An adult in breeding plumage in flight
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
An adult "parasiting" an adult Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla tridactyla).
Locality Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 5 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Arctic Skua in the Lower Kolyma
Locality Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 1 June 2007 1 year ago 3.8
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Flight calls at a breeding colony Locality Handa Island, Sutherland, Scotland, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 8 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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