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| Stercorarius maccormicki |
Saunders, 1893 |
Catharacta maccormicki |
Family: Stercorariidae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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South Polar skua |
Labbe de McCormick |
Págalo polar |
Antarktikskua |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Transequatorial migrant, departing from breeding grounds in Mar and returning Oct-Nov. Many Northern
Hemisphere specimens are of immature birds, as far north as Greenland, Japan and British Columbia. Wintering
areas thought to be throughout North Pacific and North Atlantic, perhaps with clockwise loop migrations.
Commonest Catharacta in May-Aug on Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Records from E North Atlantic few, and
confused by presence of C. skua. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Antarctic, Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America, North Asia, |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |