Genus
Stercorarius (Skuas and jaegers)
Stercorarius parasiticus. Photo: (c) Greg Schrott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The skuas /ˈskjuːə/ are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in American English.