WoRMS taxon details
Stercorarius Brisson, 1760
Catharacta Brünnich, 1764 · unaccepted
Lestris Illiger, 1811 · unaccepted
- Species Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831)
- Species Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857
- Species Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819
- Species Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893
- Species Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)
- Species Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
- Species Stercorarius lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912) accepted as Catharacta antarctica (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6: 1-543, pls: I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36210804
page(s): 149-150, 150-156, pl. XIII [details]
page(s): 149-150, 150-156, pl. XIII [details]
Description Size: small, slim. Plumage; mainly brown; wings long and pointed with inconspicuous white bar at base of primaries; central...
Description Size: small, slim. Plumage; mainly brown; wings long and pointed with inconspicuous white bar at base of primaries; central rectrices elongated in breeding adults; several colour phases; immature heavily barred below. Other characters: strong, agile fliers. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Stercorarius Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137051 on 2024-08-18
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Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 6: 1-543, pls: I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36210804
page(s): 149-150, 150-156, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Catharacta Brünnich, 1764) Brünnich, M. T. (1764). Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem, avium ex omnibus, imperio Danico subjectis, provinciis insulisque borealibus Hafniæ factam, cum descriptionibus novarum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. <em>Hafniæ. (J. C. Kall).</em> pp. [1-7], 1-80, 1 pl., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10306825_00005.html
page(s): 32 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 149-150, 150-156, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Catharacta Brünnich, 1764) Brünnich, M. T. (1764). Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem, avium ex omnibus, imperio Danico subjectis, provinciis insulisque borealibus Hafniæ factam, cum descriptionibus novarum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. <em>Hafniæ. (J. C. Kall).</em> pp. [1-7], 1-80, 1 pl., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10306825_00005.html
page(s): 32 [details]
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basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Description Size: small, slim. Plumage; mainly brown; wings long and pointed with inconspicuous white bar at base of primaries; central rectrices elongated in breeding adults; several colour phases; immature heavily barred below. Other characters: strong, agile fliers. <389> [details]
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Japanese | トウゾクカモメ属 | [details] |