Skuas

species:

South Polar Skua

scientific name:

Stercorarius maccormicki

notes:

Yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : birds are ringed at King George Island, Antarctica (62°14’S,58°40’W).

note 2 : all rings are plastic ones of app. 25mm. height.

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

Yellow [Y]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

King George Island.