Subantarctic skua - Stercorarius antarcticus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Stercorarius antarcticus
Author (R. Lesson, 1831)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 660061
Common Names English: Subantarctic Skua
English: Brown Skua
French: Labbe antarctique
Spanish: Págalo subantártico
Portuguese: mandrião-antártico
English: Southern Skua
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Stercorariidae
            Genus: Stercorarius
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus
Subspecies: Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni
Subspecies: Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN660061
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)171
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets11
Year1910 - 2018
Latitude-69.48 - -28.82
Longitude-176.18 - 178.23
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