Arctic Skua
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Scientific:
Stercorarius parasiticus
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Stercorariidae
Genus:
Stercorarius
English: Arctic Skua, Parasitic Jaeger, Arctic Jaeger
Danish: Almindelig Kjove
Greenlandic: Ishungak, Isunngaq
Length: 44-67cm including a tail of up to 8cm
Wingspan: 1.2m
Weight: 450g
Fun Fact: The Arctic Skua is known as the Parasitic Jaeger because it is well known for stealing nearly all of its food from other birds. Rather than hunting it’s own prey or finding a food source, the bird chiefly gets its food from taking it from other birds claws.
Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC318713. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/318713.
Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC318713. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/318713.
References:
Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Stercorarius parasitic us. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1D4464402EC9FD21
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus), In Neotropical Birds Online (, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/lotjae