Catharacta

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Noun

Catharacta - skuas

genus Catharacta

bird genus - a genus of birds

family Stercorariidae, Stercorariidae - jaegers and skuas:

bonxie, skua - gull-like jaeger of northern seas

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Bioamplification of mercury in Great Skua Catharacta skua chicks: The influence of trophic status as determined by stable isotope signatures of blood and feathers.

Changes in Isotopic Niches across Stages of the Annual Cycle in the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Voiter SC, Bearhop S, MacCormick A, Ratcliffe N, Furness RW (2003) Assessing the diet of great skuas, Catharacta skua, using five different techniques.

Diet composition of birds associated to an urban forest patch in Northern Venezuela/Composicion de la dieta de las aves asociadas a un parche de bosque urbano en el Norte de Venezuela/Composicao da dieta das aves associada a uma trecho de floresta urbana no Norte da Venezuela

Recherches embryologique sur Catharacta skua (Brunn.) Revue Suisse.

Study of the ossification centers and skeletal development of pectoral limb in quad after hatching

Chlamydophila abortus in a Brown skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) from a subantarctic island.