Family
Skuas and Jaegers
Stercorariidae
7 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Charadriiformes
The skuas () are a group of predatory and kleptoparasitic seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae. The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English. The English word "skua" comes from the Faroese name for the great skua, skúgvur [ˈskɪkvʊɹ], with the island of Skúvoy renowned for its colony of that bird.
Species in this family
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis
- Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Lookalikes compared
- Arctic Skua vs Brown Skua
- Arctic Skua vs Great Skua
- Arctic Skua vs Pomarine Skua
- Arctic Skua vs South Polar Skua
- Brown Skua vs South Polar Skua
- Chilean Skua vs Brown Skua
- Chilean Skua vs South Polar Skua
- Great Skua vs South Polar Skua
- Long-tailed Skua vs Arctic Skua
- Long-tailed Skua vs Great Skua
- Long-tailed Skua vs Pomarine Skua
- Pomarine Skua vs Brown Skua
- Pomarine Skua vs Great Skua
- Pomarine Skua vs South Polar Skua