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Brown Skua

Stercorarius antarcticus
(Lesson, RP, 1831)
Salteador Subantártico
Mandrião-antártico
Family: Stercorariidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Escúa Antártica.

Synonyms: Stercorarius antarcticus, Lestris antarcticus, Catharacta antarctica.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 537123
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/09/2014
Martín Lépez
Foto
Photography ID: 496564
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/18/2021
Alejandra Piro
Foto
Photography ID: 228660
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/08/2017
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 16865
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
10/28/2012
Edith Polverini



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
195258820/01/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPerito Francisco Moreno 3500, UshuaiaMarcelo Gavensky
159550918/12/2021ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla martillo, UshuaiaAlejandra Piro
219664912/02/2021ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia3Gisela Ballent
136787512/02/2021ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia3Santiago Juan Torres
114140202/12/2019ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, Ushuaia1Pablo Matías Jusim
65986421/12/2017ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPlaya Larga, Ushuaia1Pablo Matías Jusim
63999312/11/2017ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahía Golondrina, Ushuaia1Pablo Matías Jusim
64202808/11/2017ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAeropuerto, UshuaiaJorge Schlemmer
177555309/01/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahia Encerrada, UshuaiaMartín Lépez
4520228/10/2012ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, UshuaiaEdith Polverini
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.