Title

Arctic Skua

Caption

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) adult pair, in flight, chasing Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) for catch, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 28, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andrew Parkinson

Reference

BRK22F53_379

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,0Mb (18,7Mb) / 12,3in x 17,7in / 3684 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 3 Arctic skua Arctic skuas Arctic tern Arctic terns Aves Bird Birds Charadriiformes Europe Excretion Gull Gulls Laridae Larinae No People Parasitic jaeger Parasitic skua Scotland Seagull Seagulls Skua Skuas Stercorariidae Stercorarius parasiticus Sterna paradisaea Sternidae Tern Terns adult adult animal adult animals aggression aggressions aggressive animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic bird attack position battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent bird photography couple couples deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding female females fight fighting flight flights fly flying forage foraging habitat hunt hunting in flight in the air ingestion mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women move movement movements moving natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside pair search for food searching for food several summer summery three two uninhabited water bird water birds waterfowl wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography animal feed animal feeds posture postures shorebird wader wading bird wading birds