10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT SKUA»
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
Only one species of bird appears to be migratory and that is the rapacious and
parasitic Great skua. 1930 Kinnear in L.C. Bernacchi. co-ordinator The polar
book, Produced for the British Polar Exhibition 1 930 E. Allom & Co Ltd. London:
69.
Phylogenetic trees reveal that Pomarine Skua is closer to Great Skua, DNA
sequences hardly differing between the two (only 8 base pairs in 1,000), making
Pomarine Skua 'the missing link' between Stercorarius and Catharacta. Similarity
of ...
Malling Olsen Klaus, Klaus Malling Olsen, 2013
Arctic skua attacking great skua. Shetland Islands, 6/7 - 1977 (great skua, lark).
LF. 2. 24-41 sec. Several birds flying and screaming. West Iceland, 1/6 - 1967. LF
. 3. 41-1'25 sec. Arctic skuas pursuing an Arctic tern. Mykines, Faroes, 16/7 ...
Dorete Bloch, Lorenz Ferdinand
The Great Skua (Catharacta skua) and the South Polar Skua (C. maccormicki)
The Great Skua and the South Polar Skua are sibling species. They are so
similar in general size, shape and appearance that they were formerly
considered to be ...
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Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems
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Birds of the Middle East
The large skuas are difficult to tell apart and many of the past claims of Great
Skua in the seas around Arabia almost certainly refer to South Polar and/or
Brown Skua; it now apparent that these two species from the southern oceans
reach the ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
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Skua Seabirds Eat Vomit!
Miriam Coleman. Seven Kinds of Skuas There are seven different species of
skuas. Four of the species make up a group called the large skuas.These are the
great skua, the brown skua, the Chilean skua, and the South Polar skua.The
great ...
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Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and ...
The larger skuas, such as the Great Skua, steal food from birds even larger than
themselves, such as gannets and even albatrosses; they hurtle ferociously after
the victim, silently twisting and tailing it closely, even tweaking its tail or wing.
Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, 2011
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Skua and Penguin: Predator and Prey
The measurements for the great skua gave a mean mass fed to chicks of 91 g (
range 50-125 g). These authors consider that the maximum amount that can be
carried is 'not much more than 125 g' noting that although the otoliths of heavier ...
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
BAYES. J. C: DAWSON. M. J.: HOLM JOENSEN. A. H.; POTTS. G. R. 1964a: The
distribution and numbers of the great skua Stercorarius s. skua Brunn, breeding
in the Faeroes in 1961. Dansk ornithologisk Forenig Tidsskrift 58: 36-41. BAYES.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT SKUA»
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Heroes Of A Parallel Present: British Sea Power Live
The gentler, cymbal-shimmering selections are typified by 'The Great Skua', which really needs to be used as the soundtrack for an episode of ... «The Quietus, Jun 15»
Premiere: Stornoway - 'Man On Wire'
... cerebral return, the album taps into singer Dr. Brian Briggs' background as a doctor (PhD) of ornithology; Bonxie is the Hebridean nickname for the great skua. «Clash Magazine, Jun 15»
Sky 'pirates' put puffin at Europe extinction risk
A great skua, or bonxie as they are known in Shetland, eats a puffin. Picture: Rex Features. DAWN THOMPSON. 00:00 Friday 12 June 2015. 1. Have your say ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
Oxford folk pop quartet Stornoway to play first ever gig in a nature …
This gig certainly fits with Stornoway's latest album called Bonxie after a large seabird, the great skua. The concept stemmed from lead singer ... «Romford Recorder, May 15»
Review: Stornoway at RAMM
Cuts from the new album Bonxie (named after the Great Skua, a feathered resident of the Faroe Islands) were interspersed with older favourites ... «Exeter Express and Echo, May 15»
Stornoway's frontman Brian Briggs on the band's new album Bonxie …
Named after the sobriquet of bellicose seabird the great skua, the record's wonderment at the forces of nature is also a conservationist's ... «The Independent, May 15»
Forecast looks bright for Stornoway
... drummer Rob Steadman and his brother Oli – are back with a new album, Bonxie, which takes its name from the great skua, a large seabird ... «Yorkshire Post, May 15»
Stornoway, Islington Assembly Hall, review: 'soaring'
The great skua, a chestnut-flecked commander of the Hebridean coastline, is better known as the bonxie – the inspiration behind and title of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Stornoway rage against the machine
The Bonxie itself, which gives the album its title, is an alternative name for The Great Skua, a migrating visitor to the UK's northern isles known ... «The Argus, Apr 15»
Stornoway take us on a magical trip
... introduced Between the Saltmarsh and the Sea from new release, Bonxie, which, he explained, is the nickname given to the Great Skua. «Oxford Mail, Apr 15»
