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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Pomarine Skua on the water |
| Image notes: |
Taken from the Krisona |
| Species in Image: |
Pomarine Skua |
| Date: |
1985 |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01039 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Pomarine Skua |
| Latin Name |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Stercorariidae |
| Common Family Name |
Skuas |
| Description |
A rare passage migrant, they winter off West Africa and flocks are sometimes seen from the West Mainland of Shetland in spring and autumn. |
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