Chilean Skua
Stercorarius chilensisBonaparte, CLJL, 1856
English (US) Chilean Skua
The Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis) 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.
Range: breeds coasts of southern Chile and southern Argentina; ranges north to coasts of southern Peru and central BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius chilensis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chilean Skua
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Stercorarius antarcticus b. chilensis
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856
- Type locality
- Chile.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 2 p.207
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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