? Brown Skua Conservation status: Lower risk (lc)
Brown Skua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Stercorariidae Genus: Catharacta Species: C. antarctica
Binomial name
Catharacta antarctica Brooke, 1978

The Brown Skua (Catharacta antartica) is often referred to as Antarctic Skua (or vice versa); the taxonomy of Skuas is still a matter of dispute. Other names (probably owing to the high level of hybridization in this species) include Southern Great Skua, Southern Skua or Subantarctic Skua. The New Zealand Maori call it Hakoakoa. It breeds circumpolar in the subantarctic and antarctic zones. Image File history File links Catharacta_antarctica. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa {trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Genera Stercorarius Catharacta The skuas are seabirds in the family Stercorariidae. ... Genera Stercorarius Catharacta The skuas are seabirds in the family Stercorariidae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature refers to the formal method of naming species. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... In genetics, hybridisation is the process of mixing different species or varieties of organisms. ... Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...

References

Harrison, Peter (1996). Seabirds - an identification guide, Christopher Helm: A & C Black, London. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X.
Heather, Barrie D; Robertson, Hugh A & Onley, Derek (2000). The field guide to the birds of New Zealand, Viking: Printing Press. ISBN 0-670-89370-6.