Species under Stercorarius
n= 8
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Stercorarius antarcticus
(Lesson, 1831)
Brown skua Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic 66
Stercorarius chilensis
Bonaparte, 1857
Chilean skua Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic 61
Stercorarius longicaudus
Vieillot, 1819
Long-tailed jaeger Arctic, Antarctic, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 58
Stercorarius lonnbergi
(Mathews, 1912)
Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic
Stercorarius maccormicki
Saunders, 1893
South polar skua Indo-Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic 53
Stercorarius parasiticus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Parasitic jaeger Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic 67
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Temminck, 1815)
Pomarine jaeger Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans 78
Stercorarius skua
(Brunnich, 1764)
Great skua Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 66
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