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Brown Skua [antarcticus or hamiltoni]

Stercorarius antarcticus [antarcticus or hamiltoni] (= Stercorarius antarcticus) (Lesson, RP 1831)

The brown skua, also known as the Antarctic skua, subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori), is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and moves further north when not breeding. Its taxonomy is highly complex and a matter of dispute, with some splitting it into two or three species: Falkland skua, Tristan skua, and subantarctic skua. To further confuse, it hybridizes with both the south polar and Chilean skuas, and the entire group has been considered to be a subspecies of the great skua, a species otherwise restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Stercorariidae
Genus:
   Stercorarius
Scientific:
  Stercorarius antarcticus

Original description

Citation:
  (Lesson, RP 1831)

Reference:
   Traité Orn. Tabl. Méth. livr.8 p.616

Imprint year:
  1831

Protonym:
  Lestris antarcticus

Type locality:
  Falkland Islands and New Zealand: restricted to the former by Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, 1912, p. 212.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111050#page/654/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FF895105AB0ABCE1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FF895105

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FF895105

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 660064

English:
Brown Skua [antarcticus or hamiltoni]
French:
Labbe antarctique [antarcticus ou hamiltoni]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown Skua [antarcticus or hamiltoni] ( Stercorarius antarcticus [antarcticus or hamiltoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarcticus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Labbe antarctique ( Stercorarius antarctica) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Catharacta skua antarctica [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Southern Skua ( Catharacta antarctica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Southern Skua ( Stercorarius antarctica) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Stercorarius antarcticus

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Afrikaans: Bruinroofmeeu
Azerbaijani: Antarktik sahilqağayısı
Bengali: িয়যা কুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): khaẏarā skuẏā*
Catalan: Paràsit subantàrtic
Czech: Chaluha jižní
Chuvash: Антарктика тинĕс хĕрри чарлакĕ
Danish: Sydlig Storkjove
German: Antarktis Skua, Skua, Subantarktikskua, Subantarktis Skua
English: Antarctic Jaeger, Antarctic Skua, Brown Jaeger, Brown Skua, Brown Skua [antarcticus or hamiltoni], Falkland Skua, Falklands Jaeger, Falklands Skua, Southern Great Jaeger, Southern Great Skua, Southern Jaeger, Southern Skua, Subantarctic Jaeger, Subantarctic Skua
English (New Zealand): Brown/Southern Skua
English (South Africa): Subantarctic Skua
Esperanto: Bruna rabmevo
Spanish: Escúa polar, Págalo Subantártico, Skúa Antártica, Skúa Artártica
Spanish (Argentine): Escúa polar
Spanish (Chile): Salteador pardo
Spanish (Spain): Págalo Subantártico
Spanish (Uruguay): Skúa Antártica, Skúa Artártica
Estonian: lõunaänn, patagoonia änn
Persian: اسکوآی قهوه‌ای
Finnish: Etelänkihu
French: Grand Labbe subantarctique, Labbe antarctique, Labbe antarctique [antarcticus ou hamiltoni]
Hungarian: barna halfarkas
Italian: Stercorario antartico
Japanese (romaji): minamiootouzokukamome
Japanese: ミナミオオトウゾクカモメ
Kazakh: Антарктика құрақтұмсығы
Kirghiz: Антарктика каракчысы
Scientific: Catharacta antarctica, Catharacta antarctica antarctica, Catharacta antarctica batchelori, Catharacta antarcticus, Catharacta skua antarctica, Lestris antarcticus, Megalestris antarctica falklandica, Stercorarius antarctica, Stercorarius antarcticus, Stercorarius antarcticus [antarcticus or hamiltoni], Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus
Lithuanian: Antarktinis plėšikas
Latvian: brūnā klijkaija
Malagasy: Sombe, Vorondreky
Maori: Hakoakoa
Malayalam: തവിടൻ സ്കുവ
Dutch: Antarctische Jager, Subantarctische Grote Jager
Norwegian: Sørhavsjo
Polish: wydrzyk falklandzki
Portuguese: Gaivota-rapineira, Mandrião-antártico, Moleiro-subantárctico
Portuguese (Brazil): Mandrião-antártico
Portuguese (Portugal): Alcaide-castanho
Russian: Антарктический поморник
Slovak: Pomorník antarktický
Swedish: Antarktisk labb, Antarktislabb
Turkish: Kahverengi Korsanmartı
Ukrainian: Поморник фолклендський
Chinese: 棕贼鸥, 褐贼鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 棕賊鷗

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