Species profile—Stercorarius antarcticus (brown skua)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Stercorariidae (skuas and jaegers) → Stercorarius antarcticus (brown skua)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Stercorariidae (skuas and jaegers)
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius antarcticus Brunnich, 1764
- Common name
- brown skua
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1917
- Synonym(s)
- Catharacta skua
Catharacta skua lonnbergi
Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi
Catharacta lonnbergi
Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
Stercorarius lonnbergi
Catharacta antarctica - Alternate name(s)
- great skua
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1917
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
