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/
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Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) Scientific NameStercorarius antarcticus 4 Conservation Status Comparison
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Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Brown skua
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Southern Elephant Seal
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1. Brown skua (Wikipedia)
Diet
It feeds on fish (often via kleptoparasitism), penguin chicks and other seabirds, small mammals, eggs and carrion.
Infobox: status
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View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
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View the Source 4. Wikipedia: Brown skua
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Stercorarius
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View the Source Wikidata: Brown skua
Child Taxon Of: Charadriiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Antarctic Peninsula (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Antarctic Peninsula, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Antarctic Peninsula, Article text
storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps), snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), the large south polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki), brown skua (Catharacta lönnbergi), kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), and Antarctic tern (Sterna
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