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I'm confused about Skuas

Subject: I'm confused about Skuas
From: "Evan Beaver" <>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:17:10 +1100
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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------
> > 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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