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English: The arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) is the most common skua on the Spitzbergen archipelago. About 1,000 breeding pairs reside on the islands.
Deutsch: Die Schmarotzer-Raubmöwe (Stercorarius parasiticus) ist die häufigste Raubmöwen-Spezies auf Spitzbergen. Ungefähr 1000 Brutpaare leben auf dem Archipel.
Français : Le Labbe parasite (Stercorarius parasiticus) est le Labbe le plus commun de l'archipel du Spitzberg. Environ 1 000 couples nicheurs résident sur ces îles
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Camera location79° 31′ 35.88″ N, 12° 28′ 47.22″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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