The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SKUA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SKUA
- Type of seabird others rejected
- Bird or birds migrating west
- Upset when ringing British bird
- A nation’s uplifting seabird
- Bird that sounds piercing
- Seabird‘s wings in storybook turning gold
- Special man on board meets posh Australian bird
- One bird or another’s soaring
- One sort of bird driving other sorts back
- My Family run through for the audience
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What does SKUA mean?
SKUA noun- Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.