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Brown skua

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The brown skua, also known as the Antarctic skua, subantarctic skua or southern skua, is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and ranges farther north outside the breeding season. Its taxonomy is complex and disputed, with some authorities splitting it into two or three species, the Falkland skua, Tristan skua and subantarctic skua. It also hybridizes with both the south polar skua and the Chilean skua, and the whole group has at times been treated as a subspecies of the great skua, which otherwise occurs only in the Northern Hemisphere. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Stercorarius antarcticus 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Brown skua
WikipediaWikidata Q18987 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
2. Brown skua (Wikipedia)
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