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Definition of Catharacta skua
1. Noun. Large brown skua of the northern Atlantic.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catharacta Skua
Literary usage of Catharacta skua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"32), because the latter has for its type, by subsequent designation of Reichenbach
1851, catharacta skua, Brünnich, and, furthermore, is not preoccupied by ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Br. Anim. 1. 137. No. 221. Larus Cataractes, iinn-Syst. 1. 226. 11—Gmcl. Syst.
1. 603 Larf*. Ind. Orn. 2. 818. sp. 12. catharacta skua, Brunn. No. 125. ..."