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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