Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- eBird Code
- brnsku3
Subspecies (3)
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Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus
southeastern Argentina and Falkland Islands; winters off southeastern South America
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Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island (South Atlantic Ocean)
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Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
subantarctic and Antarctic islands of Indian and Pacific oceans, including Cape Horn, Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, South Shetlands, and New Zealand region; wanders to waters off southern Africa and Malagasy region
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.