Charadriiformes
Skuas (Stercorariidae)
HBW 3, p. 556
- Medium-sized to large gull-like piratical and predatory seabirds, with strong bill and plumage generally brown, or brown and white.
- Cosmopolitan in all oceans, but mainly at high latitudes.
- Predominantly marine, but also inhabits tundra.
- 2 genera, 7 species, 10 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 7
List of species:
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- 22 10 12 8 1 Chilean Skua (Catharacta chilensis)
- 20 1 7 12 8 2 South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki)
- 146 5 57 84 8 3 Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica)
- 26 15 11 8 4 Great Skua (Catharacta skua)
- 25 1 11 13 8 5 Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- 37 1 21 15 8 6 Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- 29 3 17 9 8 7 Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Family statistics
2 genera, 7 species
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| 2 genera | (100%) |
| 7 species | (100%) |
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