- the closely-related
great skua (S.
skua).
South polar skuas have been seen at the
actual Geographic South Pole.
Megalestris Hill, on
Petermann Island...
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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...
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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...
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Skua birds are
known to
snatch food from people's hands; the bird both
hunts and
scavenges and is
likened to
large grey seagull. The
South Polar Skua...
- 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...
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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...
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Dufresne (Mont)
Marjolaine (Lac)
Maroon (Île)
Mawson (Monts) Médoc (Lac)
Megalestris (Lac des) Méjean (Plateau)
Melchior (Mont)
Mercure (Lac) Météo (Étang...
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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...
- of
imperial shags.
Other birds breeding at the site
include south polar skuas and
Antarctic terns.
Anemometer Hill,
northeast of
Fishtrap Cove on Stonington...
- 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...
