Skua club sitting on ice

Potential mates and good nest sites are scarce during breeding season. Many skua, especially young ones, will fail to breed and these birds often group together in a flock which is commonly known as the club.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Young, Euan
Format:	Still Image
Language:	unknown
Published:	School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1993
Subjects:	Birds Land & seabirds Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae - Skuas Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua Cape Crozier Crozier Ross Island Antarc* Antarctica
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Description
Summary:	Potential mates and good nest sites are scarce during breeding season. Many skua, especially young ones, will fail to breed and these birds often group together in a flock which is commonly known as the club.