Life Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae

• Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857

  • Stercorarius chilensis; [AVTAX]
• Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893

  • Stercorarius maccormicki; [AVTAX]
• Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831)

  • Stercorarius antarcticus; [AVTAX]
  • S. a. antarcticus

    • Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus; [AVTAX]
  • S. a. hamiltoni (Hagen, 1952)

    • Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni; [AVTAX]
  • S. a. lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912)

    • Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi; [AVTAX]
• Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764) Isokihu Great Skua

  • Stercorarius skua; [AVTAX]
  • Catharacta skua;
• Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) Leveäpyrstökihu Pomarine Skua Pomarine Jaeger

  • Stercorarius pomarinus; [AVTAX]
• Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Merikihu Arctic Skua Parasitic Jaeger

  • Stercorarius parasiticus; [AVTAX]
• Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 Tunturikihu Long-tailed Skua Long-tailed Jaeger

  • Stercorarius longicaudus; [AVTAX]

  900x683 (~96Kb) FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki Ailigas, 775:50, 12.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

  • S. l. longicaudus

    • Stercorarius longicaudus longicaudus; [AVTAX]
  • S. l. pallescens Loppenthin, 1932

    • Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens; [AVTAX]

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