GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > STERCORARIIDAE > BROWN SKUA [Catharacta lonnbergi] [plot on map]
Location: Paulet Island, AntarcticaGPS: -63.6S, -55.8W, elev=39' MAP Date: January 19, 2010 ID : 7C2V1893 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Paulet Island, AntarcticaGPS: -63.6S, -55.8W, elev=39' MAP Date: January 19, 2010 ID : 7C2V1904 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Godthul, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.3S, -36.3W, elev=251' MAP Date: January 15, 2010 ID : 7C2V0002 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Grytviken, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.3S, -36.5W, elev=4' MAP Date: January 15, 2010 ID : 7C2V0254 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salisbury Plain, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.1S, -37.3W, elev=14' MAP Date: January 14, 2010 ID : 7C2V0221 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salisbury Plain, South GeorgiaGPS: -54.1S, -37.3W, elev=14' MAP Date: January 14, 2010 ID : 7C2V0225 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Shag Rocks, South GeorgiaGPS: -53.5S, -42.0W, depth=-435' MAP Date: January 12, 2010 ID : 7C2V0110 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) is often referred to as Antarctic Skua (or vice versa); the taxonomy of Skuas is still a matter of dispute. Other names (probably owing to the high level of hybridization in this species) include Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua or Subantarctic Skua. The New Zealand M?ori call it H?koakoa. It breeds circumpolar in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic zones.
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