page_title: List of birds of North America (Charadriiformes)
section_title: Skuas
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of North America (Charadriiformes) / Skuas
caption_attribution_description: English: Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), Shetland
context_page_description: The birds listed below all belong to the biological order Charadriiformes, and are native to North America.
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae
  Skuas are in general medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers.
  Great skua, Stercorarius skua LC
  Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus LC
  Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus LC
  Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus LC
  South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki LC
caption: Great skua
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