South polar skua - Wikipedia
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.
South Polar Skua | Audubon Field Guide
It occurs regularly off both our coasts, but this predatory seabird nests only far to the south of us, around the edges of the Antarctic continent. When it reaches North American waters it remains far offshore, pirating food from other seabirds or catching its own fish.
South Polar Skua - eBird
Bulky cold-brown seabird with white wing flashes. Usually seen singly in strong and direct flight, sometimes resting on the ocean with rafts of shearwaters. Chases gulls, large shearwaters, and even boobies, forcing them to regurgitate their food.
South Polar Skua - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large predatory seabird. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen.
South Polar Skua | Facts, pictures & more about South Polar Skua
Name: South Polar Skua, MacCormick’s Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) Length: 50 cm. Weight: 900 to 1600 grams. Location: Antarctic. Winters in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Conservation status: Least Concern. Diet: Fish, birds, rabbits, carrion. Appearance: Gull-like, dirty brown or grey with darker wings. Barrel chest. Blue ...
Photo Essay: South Polar Skua, the Antarctic Survivor
Jan 8, 2018 · The South Polar Skua is famous for only two things: stealing penguin eggs and eating penguin chicks. What’s a bird to do with such a bad reputation? A closer look at the largest skua colony in the world—1,300 pairs breeding among 300,000 Adelie Penguin pairs at Cape Crozier , Ross Island, Antarctica—shows there’s much to admire in this ...
South Polar Skua - Stercorarius maccormicki - Birds of the World
Mar 4, 2020 · South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sopsku1.01
South Polar Skua - BirdWeb
The South Polar Skua looks like a bulky, broad-winged gull with a short, wedge-shaped tail. Adults have both dark and light morphs. The light morph is pale gray on the head, neck, and underparts. The upperparts are darker, with narrow, whitish streaks.
South polar skua - Australian Antarctic Program
The south polar skua breeds on the Antarctic Continent and is a winter visitor to Australia. It has been recorded as far north as Greenland and the Aleutian Islands. Conservation status: least concern. Breeding. South polar skuas arrive at their breeding colonies in …
South Polar Skua | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
Lifecycle and body size information about South Polar Skua, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
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