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| Stercorarius lonnbergi |
Lesson, 1831 |
Catharacta antarctica |
Family: skuas |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Brown skua |
Labbe brun |
Págalo subantárctico |
Subantarktik Skua |
| Migration: partial |
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local dispersal at sea, breeding close to birthplace |
Some birds at colonies in New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha and Gough I remain resident throughout year, with
others dispersing to sea locally. In harsher environments all birds leave colony during winter and disperse at sea.
Probably does not normally reach Northern Hemisphere, and several earlier northern records now reassigned to
C. maccormicki. Usually breeds close to birthplace, facilitating racial divergences. (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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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |