Catharacta (Noun)
Meaning
Skuas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A Catharacta is a genus of predatory seabirds that are related to skuas and jaegers, and one of the four Catharacta species is the South Polar skua.
- Catharacta maccormicki is the most southerly and one of the rarest of the Petrels and skuas that breed in the Antarctic and surrounding islands.
- The Pomarine jaeger and the other skuas in the Catharacta genus often resemble one another with minor physical differences in beak and tail length between them.
- When a pomarine and the great skua – Catharacta skua, first breed they may look similar apart but as time goes by their true beauty develops.
- Catharacta skua, or great skua has dark oily-looking feathers on top which is combined with various shades of dull browns and sometimes various degrees of whiteness.