The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English. The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese name for …

May 27, 2024 · The skua is a top avian predator with a reputation for being a bird bully. These birds are long-distance migrants who spend their winters in warmer waters before heading to …

The great skua, or bonxie, is a bird about 60 cm (24 inches) long, resembling a gull but heavily built, with a brownish body and large, white wing patches. It is the only bird that breeds both in …

Often a visitors first sight of a skua is at a penguin colony where they usually are nesting nearby. They hang around as a dark presence looking for unguarded eggs or weak or isolated chicks …

Jun 23, 2024 · Great Skua (Stercorarius skua): Also known as the “Bonxie,” the Great Skua is the largest skuas. It has a dark brown plumage with white markings and a robust build. Great …

The Great skua (Stercorarius skua) is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds. The Great skua is sometimes …

Aug 21, 2025 · The skua family (Stercorariidae) comprises seven species, with some referred to as “jaegers” in North America. Notable species include the Great Skua, Arctic Skua (also …

Adults have distinct pale mottling on the upperparts, which serves to separate them from adults of the very similar South Polar Skua. Juveniles are more uniformly colored, with warm-colored …

The Great Skua is a robust seabird with dark brown plumage, often mottled with lighter streaks. It has a distinctive stocky build, with a large head, powerful hooked bill, and broad wings that …

The name skua comes from Faroese skúgvur IPA: [ˈskɪkvʊɹ] (Stercorarius skua), and the island of Skúvoy is renowned for its colony of that bird. Jaeger is derived from the German word Jäger, …