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Common Name

Brown Skua

Alternate Names

Antarctic Skua, Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua

Common Type

Skua

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Stercorariidae

Genus

Stercorarius

Species

antarcticus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Antarctica

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Arctic Oceans

Distribution and Range

Breeds in the Subantarctic and Antarctic areas and moves further north when not breading

Food

Feeds on fish, penguin chicks, other seabirds,small mammals, eggs and carrion.

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