Brown Skua

Stercorarius antarcticus

Least Concern

The Brown Skua is a powerful skua or jaeger of subantarctic and Antarctic coasts and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, where it pursues fish, invertebrates, carrion, and other seabirds' catches, then breeds on open tundra, islands, or coastal ground at high latitudes.

Family

Stercorariidae

Group

Skuas and Jaegers

Range

Brown Skua Range — Resident or seasonal range in subantarctic and Antarctic coasts and southern oceans

Population

≈ 50K–500K

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