Skuas (Stercorariidae)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) - HBW 3, p. 570
French: Labbe pomarin
German: Spatelraubmöwe
Spanish: Págalo Pomarino
Other common names: Pomarine/Pomatarhine Jaeger
Taxonomy: Lestris pomarinus Temminck, 1815, Arctic regions of Europe.
May actually be more closely related to Catharacta skua, than to either of congeners (see page 556). Monotypic.
Distribution: Tundra of N Russia, N Alaska and N Canada. Winters at sea close to coasts, mainly between Tropic of Cancer and equator, and around Australia.
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An adult, light morph in breeding plumage, displaying over the frozen tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 4 years ago 50 sec 4.3 -
Adult, light morph in breeding plumage, sitting in the snowy tundra and calling Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
An adult, light morph in breeding plumage, migrating to the breeding grounds over the frozen tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 4 years ago 58 sec 4 -
An adult, light morph in breeding plumage, sitting in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 4 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
An adult, light morph in breeding plumage, landing and sitting in the snow Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 4 years ago 48 sec 3.5 -
Adult, light morph in breeding plumage, in flight Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 July 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 3.5
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Adult light phase Pomarine Skua in flat calm oceanic conditions
Locality Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania
Kees Camphuysen 27 November 2012 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
An adult, dark morph.
Locality Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 31 July 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
One of many seen on a pelagic trip.
Locality Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 27 May 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Light phase Pomarine Skuas in winter plumage approaching research vessel
Locality Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania
Kees Camphuysen 27 November 2012 11 weeks ago 4.1 -
Juvenil
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 1 March 2009 4 years ago 4 -
An adult.
Locality Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 31 July 2010 2 years ago 3.4
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An adult calling Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 15 June 2008 3 years ago 3
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