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Stercorarius antarcticus   (Lesson, 1831)

Brown skua
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Stercorarius antarcticus

South Georgia Island and South Sandwich Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 91842, 356.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Osborne, B.C., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bruinroofmeeu, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Aves > Charadriiformes (Shorebirds) > Stercorariidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 66.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 1.9 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.72 cm; tarsus: 7.87 cm; wing: 42.41 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 61 to 66 (Ref. 8812). A coastal, surface seizing species (Ref. 356).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hemmings, A.D. 1989. (Ref. 91800)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.1 - 22.5, mean 13.8 (based on 498 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=9.49-39.39).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.