skua: see jaeger jaeger , common name for several members of the family Stercorariidae, member of a family of hawklike sea birds closely related to the gull and the tern. The skua is also a member of this family.
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skua

Species (Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae) of predatory seabird, called great skua in Britain (where the jaegers are also called skua). It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long. It resembles a heavily built gull, with brownish body and large white wing patches. It is the only bird that breeds in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The agile, swift skuas force other birds to disgorge food; they nest near penguins, petrels, murres, and terns, stealing their eggs and young. They also eat lemmings and carrion.

skua

any predatory gull-like bird of the family Stercorariidae, such as the great skua or bonxie (Stercorarius skua) or arctic skua (S. parasiticus) both of which harass terns or gulls into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught

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No references found	The National Nature Reserve is home to 20,000 Gannets, 3,000 Kittiwakes, 25,000 Guillemots, 1,200 Puffins and hundreds of Razorbills, Skuas, Black Guillemots and Shags. Why You Should Take a Walking Holiday in Scotland by Sarah James / Travel, recreation and leisure community Strong winds brought ocean-going seabirds, including several Leach's petrels and long-tailed skuas past Point of Ayr, sooty shearwater from Holyhead and more Leach's and Sabine's gulls at the Llyen's Porth Ysgaden. bird notes WITH JULIAN HUGHES by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) It lies roughly on the same latitude as Stavanger in Norway and its attractions include the Knap of Howar - still regarded as the oldest standing house in northwest Europe - and the North Hill bird sanctuary with its terns, puffins and great skuas plus a rare colony of the beautiful Primula scotica flower. Travel: Far from the madding crowd; Mary Murtagh gives her 'seal' of ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)	Skraup Synthesis Skraup, Zdenko Hans Skrebitskii, Aleksandr Ilich Skreta, Karel Skriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skriabin, Georgii Skriabin, Georgii Konstantinovich Skriabin, Konstantin Skriabin, Konstantin Ivanovich Skrigan, Ianka Skrigan, Ianka Alekseevich Skrinskii, Aleksandr Skrinskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Skripko, Nikolai Skripko, Nikolai Semenovich Skriveri Skrjabinema Infection skrog Skroup, Frantisek Jan Skrunda Skrypnik, Nikolai Skrypnik, Nikolai Alekseevich SKsh SKU skua Skuas Skuduciai Skuibin, Vladimir Skuibin, Vladimir Nikolaevich Skulachev, Vladimir Skulachev, Vladimir Petrovich Skulda skulk skulker Skull skull and crossbones skull cracker skull crucible Skull, Anapsid skullcap Skulme, Otto Skulte, Adolf Skulte, Adolf Petrovich skunk skunk cabbage skunkworks Skuodas Skupština Skupa, Josef Skupstina Skuratov-Belskii, Grigorii	Skt. SKTA SKTB SKTC SKTE SKTF SKTI SKTJ SKTK SKTL SKTM SKTN SKTP SKTS SKTT SKTU SKTV SKU SKU Sku mdun Sku mdun Sku-mdun Sku-mdun skua skua skua Skúa Skúa Skua-gull Skua-gull Skuas SKUD Skudoas Skuduciai Skue Skuibin, Vladimir Skuibin, Vladimir Nikolaevich Skulachev, Vladimir Skulachev, Vladimir Petrovich Skulblaka Skulblaka Skulblaka Skuld Skuld (disambiguation) Skuld (old disambiguation) Skulda skulduggerries skulduggery Skule Nite skulk skulk skulk skulk off skulked skulked skulker skulker skulkers skulkers skulking skulking

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The National Nature Reserve is home to 20,000 Gannets, 3,000 Kittiwakes, 25,000 Guillemots, 1,200 Puffins and hundreds of Razorbills, Skuas, Black Guillemots and Shags.

Why You Should Take a Walking Holiday in Scotland by Sarah James / Travel, recreation and leisure community

Strong winds brought ocean-going seabirds, including several Leach's petrels and long-tailed skuas past Point of Ayr, sooty shearwater from Holyhead and more Leach's and Sabine's gulls at the Llyen's Porth Ysgaden.

bird notes WITH JULIAN HUGHES by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

It lies roughly on the same latitude as Stavanger in Norway and its attractions include the Knap of Howar - still regarded as the oldest standing house in northwest Europe - and the North Hill bird sanctuary with its terns, puffins and great skuas plus a rare colony of the beautiful Primula scotica flower.

Travel: Far from the madding crowd; Mary Murtagh gives her 'seal' of ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

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