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Brown Skuas - (Catharacta antarctica)

From Bonnie Hamre, About.com

Brown SkuasPeter and Jackie Main
Brown Skuas
The Brown Skua, newly named Stercorarius antarctica and one of a large number of the Skua group, breeds in the southern oceans almost circumpolarly in places like South Georgia, the Falklands, some areas of Antarctica, some areas of New Zealand and other islands.

They look like big brown gulls, but they act like hawks, scavenging and feeding off smaller prey.

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