Brown Skua

The Brown Skua , also known as the Antarctic Skua, Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua, or Hākoakoa , is a seabird that breeds in the sub-Antarctic 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 have been considered subspecies of the Great Skua, a species otherwise restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. It feeds on fish , small mammals, scraps, chicks, eggs and carrion.

The Brown Skua is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Brown Skua is a bird of Antarctica and surrounding oceans. Although it can hunt for itself, it will also steal food from other birds. Or, it may just eat them. It will often hybridize with other Skuas. Classification: Order: Charadriiformes Family: Stercorariidae Genus: Catharacta Species: C. More

310 grams (11 oz), to the Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), at 1.63 kg (3.6 lb). On average, a skua is about 56 cm (22 in) and 121 (48 in) across the wings. They have longish bills with a hooked tip, and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. The skuas are strong, acrobatic fliers. They are generally aggressive in disposition. More

The first record of Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica in Europe = Votier, S.C. and Bearhop, S. and Newell, R.G. and Orr, K. and Furness, R.W. and Kennedy, M. (2004) The first record of Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica in Europe. Ibis, 146 (1). pp. 95-102. ISSN 0019-1019 Full text not available from this repository. Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00234.x DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00234. More

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Meaning #1: large brown skua of the North Atlantic Synonym: Catharacta skua - Wikipedia: Great Skua - Top Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia Great Skua Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3. More

Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarctica), also known as the Antarctic Skua, Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua, or Hākoakoa (Māori) Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarctica), also known as the Antarctic Skua, Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua, or HākoakoaThe Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarctica), also known as the Antarctic Skua, Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua, or Hākoakoa (Māori), is a seabird that breeds in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic zones and moves further north when not breeding. More

The Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) breeds in the southern oceans almost circumpolarly in places like South Georgia, the Falklands, some areas of Antarctica, some areas of New Zealand and other islands. The taxonomy of these birds is still somewhat controversial. In addition, hybridization is quite common according to some researchers. For the purpose of this web site I'll call this Brown Skua, but it might be referred to as Antarctic Skua by some. More

I queried "Could this be a Brown Skua" but since nobody on board had any experience with them, we dropped the notion. It was obviously NOT a Great Skua (Bonxie) because the bird had no cinnamon coloration anywhere (and later we realized it was a fresh-plumaged juvenile bird - on 29 May - impossible to be a Great). More

Great Skua was formerly lumped with newly named Brown Skua of the southern hemisphere. Australian bird books may refer to the skua seen in their waters as Great Skua rather than Brown Skua. How To See Seeing this bird in New England is a hard go. Skuas seen in the summer and fall are most probably South Polar Skuas and the Great Skua has not been identified on Stellwagen Bank even in winter. More

breeding on New Zealand islands is the Brown Skua, but this is rarely seen around the mainland, indeed the South Polar Skua is more likely to be seen during its annual migration overwinter between Antarctica and the northern Pacific Ocean, following a similar path to the Sooty Shearwaters. Of the several hundred breeding Brown Skuas and 1200 fledglings banded on the Chatham Island in the past 25 years only one has been recorded subsequently from the New Zealand mainland. More