- The
pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus),
pomarine skua, or
pomatorhine skua, is a
seabird in the skua
family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering...
- 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"...
- 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)....
- present,
including glaucous, Ross', Sabine's and
ivory gulls, long-tailed,
pomarine and
parasitic jaegers, and black-legged kittiwakes, as well as many other...
-
Stercorarius skua (R)
South polar skua,
Stercorarius maccormicki (R)
Pomarine jaeger,
Stercorarius pomarinus (RI)
Parasitic jaeger,
Stercorarius parasiticus...
- strong,
acrobatic fliers.
South polar skua,
Stercorarius maccormicki (A)
Pomarine jaeger,
Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic jaeger,
Stercorarius parasiticus...
-
competing predators for
lemmings are, in
addition to short-eared owls,
pomarine jaegers (Stercorarius pomarinus), long-tailed
jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus)...
- 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...
- be used.
Distinguishing this skua from the
Northern Hemisphere Arctic,
pomarine, and long-tailed
skuas is
relatively straightforward. The
large size, m****ive...
-
polar skua,
Stercorarius maccormicki Brown skua,
Stercorarius antarcticus Pomarine jaeger,
Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic jaeger,
Stercorarius parasiticus...
