Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Brown Skua
The Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Stercorariidae (Jaegers and Skuas) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius antarcticus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Skua
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus
- Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni
- Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lestris antarcticus
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- Falkland Islands and New Zealand: restricted to the former by Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, 1912, p. 212.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.616
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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