Title

Great Skua

Caption

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) adult, in flight, aggressive territorial display, flying directly at photographer, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jan 09, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andrew Parkinson

Reference

BRK22F97_083

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,2Mb (1000,2Kb) / 17,7in x 11,5in / 5315 x 3435 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Bonxie Charadriiformes Europe Great skua Great skuas Gull Gulls Laridae Larinae No People Scotland Seagull Seagulls Skua Skuas Stercorariidae Stercorarius skua adult adult animal adult animals aggression aggressions aggressive animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic bird attack position attacking battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent bird photography courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping danger dangerous dangers deserted display displaying displays empty fauna fight fighting flight flights fly flying from the front front view front views frontal frontal view habitat in flight in the air information mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women move movement movements moving natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside perform the courtship display rutting season seabird seabirds social behavior social behaviour social behaviours summer summery territorial behavior territorial behaviors territorial behaviour territoriality uninhabited view from the front water bird water birds waterfowl wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo attack attacks courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour imprinting overawing posture postures shorebird wader wading bird wading birds