Arctic skua

English

Arctic Skua

Noun

Arctic skua (plural Arctic skuas)

A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)
Synonyms: man-of-war, man-of-war bird, parasitic jaeger
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 90:
  There are fast soaring streamlined Arctic skuas with pointed double tail feathers extending behind them like the flights on a dart.

Translations

Stercorarius parasiticus

Faroese: kjógvi m
Finnish: merikihu (fi)
Greenlandic: isunngaq
Icelandic: kjói (is) m
Irish: meirleach Artach m
Lule Sami: suolaskájtti
Northern Sami: suolaskáiti
Norwegian: tyvjo c
Portuguese: trinta-réis-ártico m
Russian: короткохво́стый помо́рник m (korotkoxvóstyj pomórnik)
Spanish: escúa ártica f, págalo ártico m
Swedish: kustlabb (sv) c

References

Arctic skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stercorarius parasiticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stercorarius parasiticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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