Skuas

species:

South Polar Skua

scientific name:

Stercorarius maccormicki

notes:

White rings with a black 3 alpha-numeric code (two letters followed by one number. (birds ringed since 1999).

White rings with a black 3 alpha-numeric code (three letters). (birds ringed in the late 80’s until 1995).

note 1 : birds are ringed at King George Island, Antarctica (62°14’S,58°40’W) and until summer 2007/08 some 1200 birds were ringed.

note 2 : all rings are plastic ones of app. 25mm. height. Birds are ringed since 1983.

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

White [W]

countries where ringed:

King George Island.