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Great Skua![]() Size: 50-58 cm; wing span 1.25-1.40 m Weight: 1.2-1.5 kg |
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See Great
Skua at Wikipedia |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Near-frontal view of a moulting Great Skua; note the heavy bill
with dark tip (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Port of Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2019]
Near-lateral view of a moulting Great Skua; note the pale markings
on the wing feathers (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Port of Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2019]
Lateral view of a moulting Great Skua (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Port of Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2019]
Near-frontal view of a Great Skua in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2020]
Lateral view of a Great Skua in flight, wings up
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2018]
Lateral view of a Great Skua's wing flashes from above
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a Great Skua in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a Great Skua in flight, wings up
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Great Skua in flight, wings down
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Great Skua in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2020]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a moulting Great Skua in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Dorsal view of a Great Skua in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2020]
Distant comparison of Great Skuas in flight with a
Northern Gannet
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Port of Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, March 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Great Skua in flight, wings up
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Great Skua in flight, wings flat
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Great Skua in flight, wings down
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Off Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]