Iceland Skuas Photo Gallery

Skuas are large, aggressive, gull-like birds. They pursue other birds and force them to give up their food.

Great Skuas (Catharacta skua) are larger and more heavily built birds. They are agile and powerful fliers.

pair of great skuas great skua on the nest great skua great skua with wings lifted pair of great skuas

Arctic Skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus) are smaller and more slender with long central tail feathers and long wings. There are light and dark morph arctic skuas.

light morph arctic skua dark morph arctic skua in flight light morph arctic skua on nest light morph arctic skua in flight pair of arctic skuas, one light and one dark dark morph arctic skua light morph arctic skua

dark morph arctic skua

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Last modified 6 September 2008