Taxon Profile

Catharacta maccormicki

Taxon Id 59671

Common Name

South Polar Skua

Authority

(Saunders,1893)

Naming Status

Currently accepted name

Status

	Found in the Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean (see map of extents)
	Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

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Kingdom	»	Animalia	Animals
Phylum	»	Chordata	Chordates
Class	»	Aves	Birds
Order	»	Charadriiformes
Family	»	Laridae	Gull and Terns
Genus	»	Catharacta

iMAGEantarctica IA12582
Location: Macquarie Island
Photographer: Olivier, Frederique
Date: 2007
© Frederique Olivier 2007

Source of taxon data	CAVS
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny	CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
Comments	CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
This taxa has been revised to the following. Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893 (South Polar Skua) (profile)

Traits

CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier (properties)	CAM
Species 2000 (properties)	ITS-176801

Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.

Type	List Name	Description	Status	Basis of Record
Antarctic-wide	Antarctic Birds	The definite list of Antarctic birds with status on breeding, vagrant or visitor to the region.	Breeding
Bioregion	Heard Island	includes McDonald Island		Derived (from literature)
Bioregion	Macquarie Island			Derived (from literature)

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