Noun:

मोठे शिंग,

skuas's Usage Examples:

large numbers of Arctic skuas also bred at Hermaness, however a rise in bonxie numbers led to these birds tending to favour other parts of Unst.

Many skuas nest on the bluff.

The skuas /ˈskjuːə/ are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae.

In 1990 Charles Sibley and Jon Ahlquist included auks and skuas in a broader family Laridae.

Crested Ducks are monogamous and mating pairs exhibit high levels of cooperation which allow the species to live in proximity to other species such as gulls and skuas.

In the Shetland Islands, Simon King followed a family of otters and a host of birds: puffins, great skuas, oystercatchers, merlins and red-throated divers.

gulls, terns, skuas and skimmers; the rest of the order is made up of the waders and snipes.

because in 1981 it supported an estimated 226 breeding pairs of south polar skuas.

Other birds reported as breeding on the site include black-bellied storm petrels, Wilson"s storm petrels, Cape petrels, Chilean skuas, brown.

To further confuse, it hybridizes with both the south polar and Chilean skuas, and the entire group has been considered to be a subspecies of the great.

genus name Stercorarius is Latin and means "of dung"; because the food disgorged by other birds when pursued by skuas was once thought to be excrement.

The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in American English.

The nearby island of Handa is a nature reserve and the site of a large seabird colony, including puffins, skuas, guillemots and razorbills.

Synonyms:

Catharacta skua, genus Catharacta, great skua, bonxie, Catharacta, jaeger,