A diving bird; (now) spec. the Junin flightless grebe, Podiceps taczanowskii, of Peru.

(a) the hoopoe, Upupa epops, which was formerly believed to build its nest from human excrement; (b) any of various Old World vultures, esp. the…

A predatory gull belonging to the genus Stercorarius, esp. the largest European species, S. catarrhactes, which breeds in Shetland, the Færöes…

any of various seabirds formerly thought to feed on the dung of other seabirds, esp. the Arctic skua or parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus.

attributive in skua-gull.

A species of skua, Stercorarius crepidatus, which obtains its food chiefly by pursuing gulls and other sea-birds, and forcing them to disgorge…

The great skua, Stercorarius skua.

the Arctic skua or parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus; cf. dung hunter n.

an alleged local name of the skua (cf. scouty-aulin, n.).

One of various gull-like birds, as one of the skuas, and the frigate-bird.

a skua or jaeger.

A name for the bird Skua antarcticus.

A local name of the skua, Stercorarius crepidatus, called also Dirty Allan; also of the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis.