Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Stercorariidae > Stercorarius antarcticus > Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni

Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni (Brown Skua)

Synonyms: Catharacta antarctica hamiltoni; Catharacta skua hamiltoni

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.393 lbs (1.539 kg)
Female Weight [1]  3.635 lbs (1.649 kg)
Male Weight [1]  3.15 lbs (1.429 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.4 %

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Furness, RW 1987. The skuas. T. and AD Poyser, Calton, UK
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0