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Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)

Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)

Brown Skua (Catharacta lonnbergi)


Class: Aves
Family: Stercorariidae
Common Name: Brown Skua
Genus: Stercorarius
Species Name: antarcticus

About The Brown Skua

Catharacta antarctica is found on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, wintering near or slightly dispersed from the breeding area (del Hoyo et al. 1996).



Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2014. Catharacta antarctica. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Antarctica and Argentina
Argentina
New Zealand
Western Australia

Member Lifelists

Argentina
Australasia
South America
Southern Ocean
World

Sites Where Observed

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