{"id":90753,"date":"2021-05-11T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/?p=90753"},"modified":"2021-05-12T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T01:35:22","slug":"south-polar-skua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/south-polar-skua\/","title":{"rendered":"South Polar Skua"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90753\" class=\"elementor elementor-90753\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-776c52ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"776c52ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6acd6558\" data-id=\"6acd6558\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1637ef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1637ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua56.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91027\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua56.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua56-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3486889f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3486889f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/54531031\">\u00a9 Scott Baker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f5b8213\" data-id=\"6f5b8213\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a04d69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32a04d69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 A constant presence around Antarctic penguin colonies from November to March.\u00a0 During the rest of the year, it is widespread but mostly uncommon across the world\u2019s oceans.\u00a0 From April to October, it is seen regularly on pelagic trips out of ports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/north-carolina-hatteras-offshore\/\"><strong>Hatteras<\/strong><\/a>, North Carolina, to Nova Scotia.\u00a0 Along the Pacific coast, it is seen regularly from August to October in offshore waters from British Columbia to California.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59be1477 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"59be1477\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b977fdb\" data-id=\"6b977fdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26178a12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26178a12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>South Polar Skua<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a7014fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a7014fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Stercorarius maccormicki<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-628b9355\" data-id=\"628b9355\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593764b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"593764b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/family-stercorariidae\/\"><strong>Family: Stercorariidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26c7014f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26c7014f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-790c2638\" data-id=\"790c2638\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17824e8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17824e8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Breeds in Antarctica and winters in the northern oceans.<\/strong>\u00a0 Mostly pelagic away from its breeding grounds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37169a2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37169a2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3004a8b0\" data-id=\"3004a8b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f923de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21f923de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/South-Polar-Skua-Map.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90705\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/South-Polar-Skua-Map.png 883w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/South-Polar-Skua-Map-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/South-Polar-Skua-Map-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f6271aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f6271aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Stercorarius-maccormicki\">\u00a9 Xeno-Canto 2021<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f7c9fe\" data-id=\"5f7c9fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5c2b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d5c2b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Breeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Breeds from November to March along coasts and islets of Antarctica, mostly around the Ross Sea and Antarctic Peninsula, typically within commuting distance of penguin and other seabird colonies.<\/p><p><strong><em>Nonbreeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 From May to October, most of the population winters far offshore in the Northern Hemisphere.<\/p><p>In the Pacific, there is a general clockwise rotation, as a large portion spends May and June in East Asian waters, mostly south and east of Japan, then in July moves north and east to Alaskan waters, then spends August through October off the western coast of North America.\u00a0 Although the broad trend is clockwise, smaller numbers reach the eastern North Pacific in May, some remain in the western North Pacific into October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59a30b5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59a30b5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c10281c\" data-id=\"1c10281c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64541eb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64541eb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many nonbreeders circulate through the North Atlantic as well, but the pattern appears to differ\u2014presumably due to competition with <strong>Great Skuas<\/strong> in the eastern North Atlantic.\u00a0 During most of the nonbreeding season, from May to October, significant numbers South Polars remain in the offshore waters of the U.S. and Canada.\u00a0 On the southbound return trip, mostly during September and October, some portion heads southeast through Macaronesia to Iberian and North African offshore waters.<\/p><p>Much smaller numbers of nonbreeders (perhaps only a few strays) move into the Indian Ocean\u2014where they have been detected mainly in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.<\/p><p><strong><em>Movements.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Northbound migration from the Southern Ocean to the Northern Hemisphere occurs over a brief period in March and April.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ab225\" data-id=\"19ab225\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5575dbd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5575dbd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90473\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c6c36e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67c6c36e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">South Polar Skua at the edge of an Adelie Penguin nesting colony.\u00a0 (Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica; December 9, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/24198971\">\u00a9 Megan Elrod<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-508dec12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"508dec12\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76e0b515\" data-id=\"76e0b515\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777baf53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"777baf53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southbound migration appears to be very brief, occurring mostly from late October to mid-November.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3946f595 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3946f595\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-709579f6\" data-id=\"709579f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b4d8b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42b4d8b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The most variable skua.\u00a0 Adult plumages vary on a spectrum from pale whitish to blackish-brown, including many shades of brown in between.<\/p><p>Pale morphs are unique among skuas and readily identifiable.\u00a0 The head, neck, and underparts are mostly cream-colored, while the back, rump, tail, and wings are mostly dark-brown.<\/p><p>Intermediate and dark morphs are easily mistaken for other skua species, in part because they vary widely in coloration and pattern.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163b6858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"163b6858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90713\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua10.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua10-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572ba937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"572ba937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Deception Island, Antarctica; February 19, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204326351\">\u00a9 Hal and Kirsten Snyder<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-482b9897\" data-id=\"482b9897\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad25396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ad25396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90712\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua9.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe919b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fe919b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morphs.\u00a0 (Half Moon Island, Antarctica; December 11, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204862561\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39440e97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39440e97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua13.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua13-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0af108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f0af108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Half Moon Island, Antarctica; December 11, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204862571\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-759d292 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"759d292\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1335073\" data-id=\"1335073\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4911f88f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4911f88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most appear unstreaked at a distance, but have variable concentrations of blond streaking around the head, neck, breast and back.<\/p><p>A pattern that recurs frequently among dark morphs is concentrated blond streaking on the nape.\u00a0 Other, less frequent, but consistent patterns include a blond-streaked collar or a blond-streaked cowl or cape\u2014including the crown, upper back, and sides of the head and neck.<\/p><p>In flight, like all skuas, it shows a bright white flash at the base of the primaries.\u00a0 On the upperside, the white is limited, a stripe with dark bars.\u00a0 On the underwing, the white patch is larger, cleaner, and more triangular.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e08cc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14e08cc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua11-768x515.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90714\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua11-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua11-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua11.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5567c7b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5567c7b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica; December 20, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/14058413\">\u00a9 Kimberley Collins<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24a8928\" data-id=\"24a8928\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50600803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50600803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90715\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua12.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a55cfc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a55cfc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay, Antarctica; January 26, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/20073691\">\u00a9 Chris Wood<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c52fad6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c52fad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90717\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua14.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua14-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba4143b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ba4143b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay, Antarctica; January 26, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/20073641\">\u00a9 Chris Wood<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3d9786 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3d9786\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4866a86\" data-id=\"4866a86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4f457a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d4f457a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90718\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua15.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua15-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7347727d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7347727d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Whaler\u2019s Bay, Deception Island, Antarctica; February 19, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/32798591\">\u00a9 Andrew Spencer<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d07b40e\" data-id=\"d07b40e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541b65e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"541b65e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90719\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua16.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua16-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9947a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9947a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Cuverville Island, Antarctica; January 10, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/89859011\">\u00a9 Marbry Hopkins<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eff25c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eff25c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33dce61f\" data-id=\"33dce61f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28737bcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28737bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90725\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua22.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua22-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10917c8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10917c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Half Moon Island, Antarctica; January 10, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/24110551\">\u00a9 Steve Kelling<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ab9875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59ab9875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90727\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua24.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua24-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"320d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale or intermediate morph.\u00a0 (D\u2019Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica; February 14, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/239381701\">\u00a9 Nick Athanas<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3af18b96\" data-id=\"3af18b96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62778a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62778a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90720\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua17.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua17-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b7f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1b7f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Brown Bluff, Antarctica; February 18, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204324281\">\u00a9 Hal and Kirsten Snyder<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658c95ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"658c95ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90721\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua18.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua18-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c78a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c78a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Esperanza Station, Antarctica; February 4, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/122034171\">\u00a9 Leonardo Santoro<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d5533d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d5533d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-608a7cd9\" data-id=\"608a7cd9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483a6813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"483a6813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua28.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua28-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207774b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"207774b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; June 1, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/163974461\">\u00a9 Michael Todd<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d47e8de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d47e8de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90726\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua23.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua23-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c222a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36c222a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Useful Island, Antarctica; December 14, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/199673191\">\u00a9 Noah Strycker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec7dba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ec7dba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90728\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua25.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua25-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8513a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f8513a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Damoy Point, Dorian Bay, Antarctica; January 31, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/205860371\">\u00a9 R\u00e9mi Bigonneau<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4481b7fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4481b7fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua27.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90730\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua27.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua27-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6894843f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6894843f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Half Moon Island, Antarctica; December 11, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204862581\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7bb1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7bb1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua26.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua26-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb27f02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb27f02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay, Antarctica; January 26, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/20073671\">\u00a9 Chris Wood<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d44f451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d44f451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua29.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90732\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua29.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua29-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7779d09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7779d09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick; September 5, 2020.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/261560241\">\u00a9 Jim Carroll<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45e104f5\" data-id=\"45e104f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488a3780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"488a3780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua31.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90734\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua31.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua31-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe002fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe002fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale or intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; May 20, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/160696691\">\u00a9 Ed Corey<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4eea03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4eea03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90722\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua19.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua19-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a26b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a26b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Turret Point, Antarctica; January 17, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/85579631\">\u00a9 Peter Lowe<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f66257d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f66257d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90724\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua21.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1609ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a1609ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Whaler\u2019s Bay, Deception Island, Antarctica; December 1, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/205899461\">\u00a9 R\u00e9mi Bigonneau<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b4e035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30b4e035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua20.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua20-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1886c419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1886c419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Cuverville Island, Antarctica; February 21, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/51757521\">\u00a9 Noah Strycker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c79b3bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c79b3bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90708\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5049ba77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5049ba77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida; August 19, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/256617811\">\u00a9 Perry Doggrell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7645a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7645a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua30.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90733\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua30.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua30-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3415f3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3415f3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Eastern end of Georges Bank, offshore south of Nova Scotia; August 16, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/112046301\">\u00a9 Dwayne Lowe<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3685f32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3685f32\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eb33d53\" data-id=\"5eb33d53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-250b589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"250b589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua55.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-91023\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua55.jpg 550w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua55-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e743b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07e743b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; May 23, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/102340231\">\u00a9 Andrew Dreelin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48068ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48068ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua54.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-91004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua54.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua54-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309aa8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"309aa8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; September 23, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/77327821\">\u00a9 Michael Rutkowski<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a19d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77a19d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua34.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90737\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua34.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua34-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197a88a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"197a88a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kiama, New South Wales, Australia; March 25, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/136716711\">\u00a9 Louise Summerhayes<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33909cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33909cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua36.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90739\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua36.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua36-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2655adcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2655adcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Cuverville Island, Antarctica; January 10, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/89859001\">\u00a9 Marbry Hopkins<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fa0debe\" data-id=\"6fa0debe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6d96aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b6d96aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua53.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90831\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua53.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua53-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744a7f49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744a7f49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; June 1, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/16397530\">\u00a9 Michael Todd<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa66e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fa66e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90741\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua38.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua38-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564cf56f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"564cf56f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from San Diego, California; May 19, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/45379521\">\u00a9 Matt Brady<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67566eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67566eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua41.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90744\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua41.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua41-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9cbb67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b9cbb67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph with unusually dark upperwings.\u00a0 (Offshore from Valpara\u00edso, Chile; November 14, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/279996861\">\u00a9 Fernando D\u00edaz (Albatross Birding Chile)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b88adb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41b88adb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua40.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90743\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua40.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua40-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be9a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7be9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Bodega Bay, California; September 18, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/84045321\">\u00a9 Steve Tucker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59f34a46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59f34a46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55b35ef4\" data-id=\"55b35ef4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260524a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"260524a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua45.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90748\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua45.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua45-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7720e76e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7720e76e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Antarctic Peninsula; January 14, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/24416621\">\u00a9 Steve Kelling<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-326da213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"326da213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua42.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90745\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua42.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua42-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20bd769c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20bd769c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Westport, Washington; June 15, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/164533451\">\u00a9 Scott Mills<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232b85ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"232b85ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua43.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90746\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua43.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua43-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f5e1e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79f5e1e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Cuverville Island, Antarctica; December 12, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204862591\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d541892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d541892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua52.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90830\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua52.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua52-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2d5fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2d5fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; May 22, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/160351801\">\u00a9 Kate Sutherland<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3daf8395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3daf8395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua33.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90736\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua33.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua33-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4feb708e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4feb708e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Mikkelsen Harbor, D\u2019Hainaut Island, Antarctica; March 9, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/91891901\">\u00a9 Geoff Carpentier<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-520d7a10\" data-id=\"520d7a10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72092102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72092102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90752\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua49.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua49-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0e12a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d0e12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, pale morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Hatteras, North Carolina; June 1, 2015.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/166926751\">\u00a9 Jay Gilliam<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb90acb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2eb90acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua32.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90735\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua32.jpg 548w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua32-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b209b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b209b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, intermediate morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; May 23, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/101691811\">\u00a9 Kate Sutherland<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514f48fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"514f48fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90751\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua48.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua48-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78da629f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78da629f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; August 25, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/67395951\">\u00a9 Steve Calver<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bead536 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bead536\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90749\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua46.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua46-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f16448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f16448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Offshore from Westport, Washington; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/184256541\">\u00a9 Peter Kennerley<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919c2d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6919c2d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua47.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90750\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua47.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua47-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d3c6674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d3c6674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, dark morph.\u00a0 (Petermann Island, Antarctica; December 1, 2006.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/47397571\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b791ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21b791ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35b74460\" data-id=\"35b74460\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a52da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56a52da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Immature Plumages.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Immature South Polar Skuas closely resemble immatures of the various Brown Skua forms\u2014in fact, they are not known to be distinguishable.<\/p><p>Juveniles typically have uniformly dark-brown, often blackish, plumage, above and below.<\/p><p>When molting, older immatures often have paler feathers interspersed on the upperparts, somewhat resembling both immatures and adults of some other skua species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77adf93\" data-id=\"77adf93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e000c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e000c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua51.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90829\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua51.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua51-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee2672e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ee2672e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, apparent juvenile.\u00a0 (Offshore from Nantucket, Massachusetts; August 25, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/112648001\">\u00a9 Sean Williams<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9445d9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9445d9e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf7e5b1\" data-id=\"cf7e5b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c649f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c649f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua50.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90828\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua50.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua50-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09dc9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d09dc9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, apparent juvenile.\u00a0 (Offshore from Nantucket, Massachusetts; August 25, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/112647961\">\u00a9 Sean Williams<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768ef5c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"768ef5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90710\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua7.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14053a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14053a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, immature.\u00a0 (Race Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts; August 14, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/66104071\">\u00a9 Fran\u00e7ois Grenon<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c4c3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44c4c3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90738\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua35.jpg 470w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua35-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5093df69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5093df69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, apparent subadult.\u00a0 (Offshore from Hatteras, North Carolina; June 1, 2015.)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/166926721\">\u00a9 Jay Gilliam<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0e424d\" data-id=\"d0e424d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4255d0c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4255d0c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua44.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90747\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua44.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua44-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597cf361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"597cf361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, apparent juvenile.\u00a0 (Punta D\u00fangenes, San Gregorio, Magallanes, Chile; December 10, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/287121071\">\u00a9 Santiago Imberti<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba1948f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ba1948f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90709\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua6.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua6-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bf3b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bf3b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, immature.\u00a0 (Offshore from Westport, Washington; October 4, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/268577911\">\u00a9 Scott Mills<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ee2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49ee2aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua8.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb12439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb12439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, immature.\u00a0 (Offshore from Rockingham, New Hampshire; September 4, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/113724481\">\u00a9 Stephen Mirick<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bd612cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bd612cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a4c4d77\" data-id=\"1a4c4d77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5ed676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e5ed676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90706\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567ebf18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567ebf18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, likely immature.\u00a0 (Cuverville Island, Antarctica; January 10, 2010.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/88988591\">\u00a9 Marbry Hopkins<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c8507f\" data-id=\"9c8507f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34274d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34274d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-90707\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SouthPolarSkua4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9873d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e9873d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Polar Skua, likely immature.\u00a0 (Deception Island, South Shetland Islands; December 3, 2011.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/98745501\">\u00a9 James Holmes<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7781e58c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7781e58c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3007696f\" data-id=\"3007696f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3413a83e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3413a83e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Voice.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Calls heard around the Antarctic colonies where linger and forage are mostly hoarse, wheezy braying: <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/254080\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/254081\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/28034\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/28035\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/28036\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b7c5d00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b7c5d00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ef430ff\" data-id=\"6ef430ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b41f072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b41f072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. Brown Skua.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Throughout the southern oceans, South Polar Skua overlaps with Brown Skua\u2014which itself comprises four forms that are possibly separate species.\u00a0 South Polar is highly variable and each form of Brown has some internal variation.\u00a0 Adults have some plumage tendencies that can be useful, especially when they are consistent with geographical probability, but immatures are variable and similar enough to be effectively unidentifiable in most cases\u2014except by pure application of geographical probability.<\/p><p>Three of the four Brown Skua forms are localized: \u201cFalkland\u201d (<em>antarcticus<\/em>) around the Falkland Islands, southern Argentina, and elsewhere in the southwestern Atlantic north to southern Brazil; \u201cSubtropical\u201d (<em>hamiltoni<\/em>) around Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Amsterdam, and St. Paul Islands; and \u201cChatham\u201d (ssp. nova) around the Chatham, Snares, and possibly other islands south of New Zealand.\u00a0 In each of those areas, especially adjacent to the breeding grounds, the local form presumably predominates most of the time.<\/p><p>Around the more southerly islands, and generally at mid-latitudes of the Southern Ocean, \u201cSubantarctic\u201d (<em>lonnbergi<\/em>) predominates.\u00a0 Farther south, near Antarctica, South Polar predominates\u2014but they overlap along the Antarctic Peninsula, where they have been found to interbreed at least occasionally.\u00a0 Both \u201cSubantarctic\u201d and South Polar range widely at sea, and they regularly overlap across most of the southern oceans.<\/p><p>South Polars vary from mostly pale-brown to mostly blackish.\u00a0 The palest morphs are distinctive and do not resemble any form of Brown Skua.\u00a0 Dark morph South Polars (including immatures) can be either mostly blackish-brown or a warmer shade of brown.\u00a0 Compared to similar forms of Brown Skua, the typical plumage features of dark adult South Polars are: (1) mostly uniform upperparts with very little pale streaking; (2) often with blond-streaked feathering on the head, either limited to the nape, or forming a full collar, or a pale hood; but (3) sometimes with a dark-brown hood, contrasting with paller or lightly blond-streaked feathering on the neck, extending onto the upperparts and underparts.\u00a0 Subadult South Polars often show more streaking on the upperparts than adults do, which can cause confusion with Brown.<\/p><p>Brown Skuas are difficult to generalize.\u00a0 The widespread \u201cSubantarctic\u201d form, which overlaps widely with South Polar, has fairly consistent features.\u00a0 Immatures are usually all-dark with tones that vary from warm to cold to blackish.\u00a0 Adults usually have fairly prominent pale streaking on the back (including the scapulars), sometimes extending down to the rump and up to the nape.\u00a0 \u201cSubantarctic\u201d often shows a contrastingly darker hood.<\/p><p>Among the three more localized forms of Brown Skua, \u201cFalkland\u201d is fairly distinctive.\u00a0 Adults are typically a medium-dark shade of brown, with extensive blond streaking that is especially dense on the neck and usually extends across most of the upperparts and underparts.\u00a0 Many have a darker, mostly unstreaked crown, forecrown, or face.\u00a0 (Adult \u201cFalkland\u201d typically has approximately the same pattern as the North Atlantic Great Skua, but with blonder, less cinnamon streaks.)\u00a0 Immatures are generally unstreaked, usually darker overall than adults, but variable in tone.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cSubtropical\u201d is less distinctive, and generally resembles the subadults of other forms, including South Polar.\u00a0 It typically has pale streaks sparsely but evenly distributed across its upperparts, including the wings, and often has a somewhat paler belly.\u00a0 Like \u201cSubantarctic\u201d, \u201cSubtropical\u201d often shows a dark hood.<\/p><p>\u201cChatham\u201d is usually unstreaked, and varies from blackish to a medium-pale brown\u2014much like an intermediate South Polar.\u00a0 \u201cChatham\u201d often has a pale nape\u2014much like many dark morph South Polars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c5fc882 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c5fc882\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37b6b132\" data-id=\"37b6b132\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2f6aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e2f6aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. Great Skua.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Great and South Polar Skuas overlap in the North Atlantic from March to October.\u00a0 Both are variable enough that some individuals may be difficult to identify even under optimal conditions.\u00a0 South Polar is especially variable and difficult to characterize, but Great can usually be identified by the combination of warm-toned plumage and dense pale streaks across the head, neck, back, and breast\u2014and often a darker cap.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17ee3f4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17ee3f4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25dc41ad\" data-id=\"25dc41ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658f1b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"658f1b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Monotypic species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d2463c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d2463c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76367893\" data-id=\"76367893\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b630bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b630bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Alderfer, J., and J.L. 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(Accessed May 8, 2021.)<\/p><p>Garcia-del-Rey, E. 2011. <em>Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde<\/em>. Lynx Editions, Barcelona.<\/p><p>Harrison, P. 1983. <em>Seabirds: An Identification Guide<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.<\/p><p>Howell, S.N.G., and S. Webb. 1995. <em>A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America<\/em>. Oxford University Press.<\/p><p>Howell, S.N.G., and K. Zufelt. 2019. <em>Oceanic Birds of the World.<\/em> Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Mullarney, K., L. Svensson, D. Zetterstr\u00f6m, and P.J. Grant. 1999. <em>Birds of Europe.<\/em> Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Pratt, H.D., P.L. Bruner, and D.G. Berrett. 1987. <em>A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Pyle, R.L., and P. Pyle. 2017. <em>The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status<\/em>. Version 2 (January 1, 2017). <a href=\"http:\/\/hbs.bishopmuseum.org\/birds\/rlp-monograph\/\">http:\/\/hbs.bishopmuseum.org\/birds\/rlp-monograph\/<\/a>. B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/p><p>Schulenberg, T.S., D.F. Stotz, D.F. Lane, J.P. O\u2019Neill, and T.A. Parker. 2007. <em>Birds of Peru<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Sibley, D.A. 2000. <em>The Sibley Guide to Birds<\/em>. Alfred A. Knopf. New York.<\/p><p>Xeno-Canto. 2021. South Polar Skua \u2013 <em>Stercorarius maccormicki<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Stercorarius-maccormicki\">https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Stercorarius-maccormicki<\/a>. (Accessed May 8, 2021.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Scott Baker Birdfinding.info \u21d2\u00a0 A constant presence around Antarctic penguin colonies from November to March.\u00a0 During the rest of the year, it is widespread but mostly uncommon across the world\u2019s oceans.\u00a0 From April to October, it is seen regularly on pelagic trips out of ports from Hatteras, North Carolina, to Nova Scotia.\u00a0 Along the 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