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 Translation for 'Skua' from English to Swedish
NOUN   a skua | skuas
SYNO bonxie | skua
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kustlabb {u} [Stercorarius parasiticus]
Arctic skua
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storlabb {u} [Stercorarius skua, syn.: Catharacta skua]
great skua
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fjällabb {u} [Stercorarius longicaudus]
long-tailed skua
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bredstjärtad labb {u} [Stercorarius pomarinus]
pomarine skua
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Usage Examples English
  • Wildlife in the area includes the skua, the kittiwake and the herring gull.
  • This is thought to benefit the bird by reducing kleptoparasitism by the Arctic skua, which harasses puffins until they drop their fish loads.
  • The main predator of penguin chicks on Magdalena Island is the Skua (Stercorarius chilensis).
  • The moorland to the north of Gress is a breeding site for Arctic and great skua in the summer.
  • Other wildlife in the area includes the great skua (also known by its Norse name "bonxie") peregrines, pinnipeds and cetaceans.

  • The south polar skua ("Stercorarius maccormicki") was named for him by Howard Saunders. McCormick shot the type specimen on 12 January 1841, on Possession Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
  • The south polar skua ("Stercorarius maccormicki") is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae.
  • DNA-DNA hybridisation is outdated, and results have sometimes led to misleading conclusions about species, as with the pomarine and great skua.
  • The Calamita's coast has been nicknamed "Costa dei Gabbiani" ("Skua Coast"), after the numerous skuas which nest in the cliffs.
  • "Shi'a–sheer", and "Maia–mire", and "skua" may be identical with the second syllable of "obscure".

  • Breiðamerkursandur is an important breeding ground for birds, for example Arctic tern and great skua.
  • The island is home to a number of different types of wildlife, including puffins, great skua and Manx shearwater.
  • The Early Miocene "Larus" desnoyersii" (southeastern France) and "L." pristinus" (John Day Formation, Willow Creek, U.S.) probably do not belong in this genus; the former may be a skua.
  • The skuas [...] are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus "Stercorarius", the only genus in the family Stercorariidae.
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