Definition of Pomarine. Meaning of Pomarine. Synonyms of Pomarine

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Definition of Pomarine

Pomarine
Pomarine Po"ma*rine, a. [Gr. ? a lid + ?, ?, nose.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager (Zo["o]l.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.

Meaning of Pomarine from wikipedia

- The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering...
- species, or that the pomarine skua evolved from hybridization of the great skua and one of the small Arctic species (see pomarine jaeger for details)....
- 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"...
- Wilson's phalarope U - - - Red-necked phalarope C - C - Red phalarope C - C F Pomarine jaeger F - F - Parasitic jaeger U - F - Bonaparte's gull C - C U Heermann's...
- polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki Brown skua, Stercorarius antarcticus Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus...
- be used. Distinguishing this skua from the Northern Hemisphere Arctic, pomarine, and long-tailed skuas is relatively straightforward. The large size, m****ive...
- competing predators for lemmings are, in addition to short-eared owls, pomarine jaegers (Stercorarius pomarinus), long-tailed jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus)...
- Identification is complicated by similarities to long-tailed jaeger and pomarine jaeger, and the existence of three colour morphs. Small for a skua, the...
- Polynesian storm petrel Polynesian triller Polynesian wattled honeyeater Pomarine jaeger Pompadour cotinga †Poʻouli Powerful owl Powerful wood**** Prairie...
- present, including glaucous, Ross', Sabine's and ivory gulls, long-tailed, pomarine and parasitic jaegers, and black-legged kittiwakes, as well as many other...