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Definition of Megalestris skua

Megalestris skua
Jager Ja"ger, n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. Yager.] [Written also jaeger.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
Megalestris skua
Skua Sku"a, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

Meaning of Megalestris skua from wikipedia

- the closely-related great skua (S. skua). South polar skuas have been seen at the actual Geographic South Pole. Megalestris Hill, on Petermann Island...
- named by the FrAE, 1908–10, under Charcot. Megalestris is an obsolete generic name for the South polar skua. 65°11′S 64°11′W / 65.183°S 64.183°W / -65...
- nearby skua rookery. 77°38′S 166°25′E / 77.633°S 166.417°E / -77.633; 166.417. A small, roughly circular mel****er lake about midway between Skua Lake...
- for example. It's not recommended to be outside with food at McMurdo, as Skua birds are known to snatch food from people's hands. Another bird seen at...
- mites, nematodes and rotifers) and a colony of over 40 pairs of south polar skuas. The area is the type locality for both the lichen Caloplaca coeruleofrigida...
- native resident plants or animals at the South Pole. Off-course south polar skuas and snow petrels are occasionally seen there. In 2000 it was reported that...
- colonies (>1900 breeding pairs as of 2018), and one of the largest south polar skua colonies in the world (~1,000 breeding pairs). It also hosts several species...
- Dufresne (Mont) Marjolaine (Lac) Maroon (Île) Mawson (Monts) Médoc (Lac) Megalestris (Lac des) Méjean (Plateau) Melchior (Mont) Mercure (Lac) Météo (Étang...
- Area by BirdLife International. A colony of about 300 pairs of south polar skuas is also present. In 1901, Carsten Borchgrevink, part of the British Antarctic...
- 000 pairs. Other birds nesting at the site include gentoo penguins, brown skuas, Antarctic terns, Wilson's storm-petrels, kelp gulls and snowy sheathbills...