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Brown Skua
Catharacta lonnbergi

The Brown Skua (also known as the Southern Great or Antarctic Skua) is a large bird (120-160 cm wingspan) that can aggresively attack other birds to make them disgorge their own food, but is also quite a fearsome hunter, mainly eating ther birds. They occur around Antarctica and sub-antarctic islands in the summer and disperse north in the winter.
 

Brown Skua

Brown Skua

Brown Skua

1: Suth Pacific, off Wollongong, 26/06/2011.
2-3: South Pacific, off Sydney, 14/08/2010.