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Skuas & 9th March Pelagic SYdney

To: "Evan Beaver" <>
Subject: Skuas & 9th March Pelagic SYdney
From: David Stowe <>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:49:33 +1100
Hi all
Sorry for another plug but we are still short of numbers i think for this Sunday's pelagic from Sydney on the 'Halicat'.
If anyone is still considering coming please let me know asap!
(I haven't seen an Arctic Jaeger either! :))

Cheers
David Stowe


On 03/03/2008, at 1:17 PM, Evan Beaver wrote:

Thanks Nikolas, Chris and Peter, I'm getting closer now. I forgot this
was another source of trouble, from Tony Pallisers website on Sydney
statistics:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pelagic/mar-stat.html

It lists Arctic (100%) Pomarine (100%) and Long-Tailed Skua (56%).

So, Arctic skua in this case must be parasitic jaeger. And does Great
Skua mean brown skua, now that the northern race is seperated?

The rest is pretty straight forward. South-Polar skua is an outside
chance I suppose.

I've seen the Brown on a previous pelagic, which means the others 3
are potential ticks. Good news!

EB

On 3/3/08, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:
Hi Evan,

If you're confused, Parasitic Jaeger = Arctic Jaeger which is the name used
in Australian field guides.

Regards,
Chris


On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
Depending on the season you can see on a Sydney pelagic: Brown Skua,
Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger and Long-tailed Jaeger. I guess South
Polar Skua is also possible.
Brown Skua used to be part of Great Skua (now restricted to the Northern
hemisphere). Pomarine Jaeger is kind of a 'connecting link' between Skuas and Jaegers. Jaegers are the former Stercorarius (and still are), Skuas are
the former Catharacta (which are now Stercorarius as well).

Nikolas






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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW





----- Original Message ----
From: Evan Beaver <>
To: BIRDING-AUS <>
Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 11:41:55 AM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] I'm confused about Skuas

I'm going on a pelagic next week, and have been going over my seabirds for the first time in a while. I think the confusion comes from using
some old references on the names, and some funny naming in my list.
Which skuas do we see here (Sydney)? And when does a skua become a
jaeger?

EB

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