[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Stercorariidae | [latin] Stercorarius pomarinus | [UK] Pomarine Skua | [FR] Labbe pomarin | [DE] Spatel-Raubmowe | [ES] Pagalo pomarino | [NL] Middelste Jager Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics The Pomarine Jaeger is the largest of the jaegers. Adults have long central tail feathers that are twisted 90 degrees, but these […]
Tag: Skuas and jaegers
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Stercorariidae | [latin] Stercorarius skua | [UK] Great Skua | [FR] Grand Labbe | [DE] Skua | [ES] Pagalo Grande | [NL] Grote Jager Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics A large, dark, heavy-bodied, gull-like bird, mottled gray-brown with conspicuous white patches on the outer wing. Tail short and blunt. Immatures of […]
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Stercorariidae | [latin] Stercorarius maccormicki | [UK] South Polar Skua | [FR] Labbe de Mac Cormick | [DE] Antarktikskua | [ES] Pagalo Polar | [NL] Zuidpooljager Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Near size of Western and Herring gulls, but stockier, with a deep-chested, hunch-shouldered look. Dark, with a short, slightly wedge-shaped […]