ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKUA
From New Latin, from Faeroese skūgvur, from Old Norse skūfr.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKUA»
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1
Skua and Penguin: Predator and Prey
A detailed ecological study which overturns current thinking about the relationship between these two species.
2
SKUA!: The Royal Navy's Dive-Bomber
Slots should be added to the Skua's wing tips, In order to improve lateral stability
at the stall and prevent accidental spin. 3. Until all Skuas were so adapted, a tail
parachute should be carried 'as an interim measure'. 4. Deliberate spinning on ...
3
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 ...
4
The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
/Skua has been used for predatory gulls since I678 lNOEDi. See also skua / The
large. dark brown. predatory seabird Catharacta antarctica ifam. Laridael.
Subspecies of this bird live around the antarctic continenr, breeding on the
Antarctic ...
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The Arctic
Skua: A Study of the Ecology and Evolution of a ...
This book describes the results of a long-term study of the ecology, evolutionary genetics and sociobiology of a seabird, the Arctic Skua.
FIELD IDENTIFICATION Brown Skua is the southern counterpart of Great Skua. It
is treated here as a separate species, consisting of three subspecies:
Subantarctic Skua (lonnbergi), Tristan Skua (hamiltoni) and Falkland Skua (
nominate ...
Malling Olsen Klaus, Klaus Malling Olsen, 2013
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
PERDECK, A. C. 1960: Observations on the reproductive behaviour of the great
skua or bonxie Stercorarius skua skua (Brunn.) in Shetland. Árdea 48: 111-36.
PERRY, R. 1948: Shetland Sanctuary: Birds on the ¡sic of Noss. Faber & Faber.
8
Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems
Booby Arctic T1n Co1mon T1n Sandwich Tern Arctic Skua Arctic Skua Arctic
Skua Arctic Skua Arctic Skua Arctic Skua Arctic Skua Great Skua Great Skua
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Skua Arctic ...
9
Birds of the Middle East
Two morphs: all dark (scarce) and a pale morph, which differs from Arctic Skua in
more extensive black cap, darker flanks and blacker breast-band (sometimes
absent) and vent. In winter, flanks and tail-coverts barred, elongated tail feathers
...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
10
The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change
q South Polar Skua The relationship between the South Polar skua and the
Adelie penguin is more complex than that between the leopard seal and penguin
. This is because the skua acts as both a scavenger and a predator. The current ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKUA»
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Birdwatch: Great skua
Compared to the bulky great skua, the Arctic skua is a sleek, streamlined ... we did so the great and Arctic skuas staged a fly-past, as if seeing us off the island, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Remnants of crashed Skua to rest at the fort
Seventy two years after a Blackburn Skua crashed on a short hop from RAF Woodvale to Speke its Bristol Perseus engine is coming to rest at Fort Perch Rock's ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Skua races draw the curious to the Lehigh River
The 8-foot-long, hand-made plywood boats known as skua, originally designed in 1939, ran in several classes with 6- and 8-horsepower classes based on the ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jun 15»
Sorting it out
He brought the garment to the Ice more than three years ago, and he was pleased to see it turn back up in skua. A scavenger bird of the Antarctic, skua is also ... «Antarctic Sun, Apr 15»
LIMA 2015: MBDA proposes Sea Venom for Malaysian navy's Super …
Malaysia acquired a limited stock of Sea Skua missiles for its Super Lynx fleet, but it is understood that these will reach the end of their operational life towards ... «IHS Jane's 360, Mar 15»
What Is a Seahawk, Anyway?
Ospreys are found on every continent except Antarctica, while skuas are migratory birds found from the North Pole to the South Pole (Good luck trying to find one ... «Audubon Magazine Blog, Feb 15»
Paradigm Releases High Definition Enabled G&G Software Suite
The advancements in SKUA-GOCAD to more highly refine earth models are a natural extension to the high definition processing, imaging and interpretation ... «PR Newswire, Oct 14»
1080 blitzkrieg a sign of paranoia
I witnessed skuas stealing penguin eggs and their fluffy chicks. Some skuas could catch and kill large penguin chicks, but mostly they preyed on the weak, ... «The Nelson Mail, Sep 14»
RSPB to run pelagics off Bempton Cliffs again this autumn
On the right day, a pelagic trip could get you great views of migrating Pomarine Skua. Photo: Gunnsteinn Jonsson (commons.wikimedia.org). Enlarge image ... «Bird Watch, Aug 14»
"Caja negra" en ave skua del ártico revela vuelo de 50 mil …
Ave skua en manos del Biólogo Jannik Hansen a punto de dejarlo libre después de que se cambió su caja registradora de datos, luego de dos años de ... «lagranepoca, Jul 14»
