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Photo of Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)

Great Skua

Stercorarius skua

The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds.

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Photo credit: Ómar Runólfsson

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