Stercorarius antarcticus, Brown skua
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Stercorarius antarcticus   (Lesson, 1831)

Brown skua
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Stercorariidae

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

Others.  Temperate

Distribution Territories | 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hemmings, A.D. 1989 Communally breeding skuas: breeding success of pairs, trios and groups of Catharacta lonnbergi on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Journal of Zoology, London 218:393-405. (Ref. 91800)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=9.49-39.39)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.