African Bird Club

Great Skua - Adult

Photographer

» Stefan Cherrug

Location

» Curral Velho, Boavista Island

Country image taken

» Cape Verde Islands

Date

» November, 2011

Equipment

» Canon EOS 1D Mark IV with EF 300/2,8L IS USM with 1.4x converter

Bird Species

»Stercorarius skua - Great Skua

Bird Species (French)

»Grand Labbe

Bird Family

»Stercorariidae - Skuas

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» A scarce but apparently regular migrant species in the Cape Verde Islands. This observation is the 16th record for the archipelago.