Giant Eland

Species ID please?

Taken off the coast of Punta Arenas, Chile

I'm not a bird guy. I'm sure I could use google to try to identify the species, but hey, it's more fun to have the zoochat community help me out!

Possible Skua?
That's one of your skuas. I'd need a book to look up which ones are found in the area though.
 
As it was so close to the coast it will most probably be Chilean skua, which is the most light brown of the species possible, but that is difficult to see from this distance...
 

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Category
Chile - Wildlife
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Giant Eland
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Device
Canon Canon EOS 40D
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
500
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
IMG_0105.JPG
File size
7.1 MB
Date taken
Sun, 10 March 2013 9:07 AM
Dimensions
3888px x 2592px

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