Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) harassing a black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in flight to make it regurgitate its meal and take it, a behavior called cleptoparasitism, Moffen, Svalbard archipelago

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Shooting date : 2022-10-05

Keywords

Environment / Biodiversity management / Environment management / Environment protection / Natural Reserve

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Threatened endangered species / Vulnerable (IUCN) VU

World sea and ocean / Arctic Ocean / Greenland Sea

Enumeration / Several species

Enumeration / Nobody

Species / Relation between species / Parasitism / Parasite / Kleptoparasite

October

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Low Risk (IUCN) LR / Least Concern (IUCN) LC

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Sauropsid / Bird / Sea bird / Skua / Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Environment / Biodiversity management / Environment management / Environment protection / National park

Run away

Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky

Shot / Top view

Enumeration / Pair

Environment / Biodiversity

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Sauropsid / Bird / Sea bird / Seagull / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Area / Marine area / Sea / Cold sea

Europe / Scandinavia / Norway

Shot / Overview

Shot / Profile shot

Species / Relation between species / Competition (rivalry inter-specific)

Motion / Locomotion / Fly (to)

Pursue

Motion / Locomotion / Flap wings

Arctic / Svalbard archipelago / Spitsbergen Island / Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Sarcopterygii / Rhipidistia / Tetrapodomorpha / Tetrapoda / Sauropsida / Aves / Charadriiformes / Laridae / Rissa

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