Close up of skua head.

Adult skua have a very strong bill with a pronounced hook at the tip. This aids them in aggressive foraging and defence of their nesting territories.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wharton, Yvette
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 2004
Subjects:
Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
Cape Bird
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
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spelling ftuniaucklitss:oai:dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:38477 2023-05-15T13:58:16+02:00 Close up of skua head. Wharton, Yvette Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica 2004/5 Image http://dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38477&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://digitool.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38472 unknown School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland SBSAntarctica http://dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38477&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://digitool-prod.itss.auckland.ac.nz:8881/rights.html Bird Birds | Land and Seabirds Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae - Skuas Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua Image/tif 2004 ftuniaucklitss 2016-03-27T06:42:22Z Adult skua have a very strong bill with a pronounced hook at the tip. This aids them in aggressive foraging and defence of their nesting territories. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica Ross Island DigiTool Collections - The University of Auckland Cape Bird ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) Ross Island
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topic Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
spellingShingle Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
Wharton, Yvette
Close up of skua head.
topic_facet Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
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title Close up of skua head.
title_short Close up of skua head.
title_full Close up of skua head.
title_fullStr Close up of skua head.
title_full_unstemmed Close up of skua head.
title_sort close up of skua head.
publisher School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
publishDate 2004
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Ross Island
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Ross Island
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Ross Island
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Antarctica
Ross Island
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