WoRMS taxon details
Catharacta Brünnich, 1764
AphiaID: 137050
AphiaID: 137050
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Stercorariidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Stercorariidae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Catharacta antarctica (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) Species Catharacta chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857) accepted as Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857 Species Catharacta lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 accepted as Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 Species Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893) accepted as Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893 Species Catharacta skua Brünnich, 1764 accepted as Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: large, heavy bodied skuas. Plumage: brown; white patch at base of primaries; wings broad, pointed at tip; tail wedge-shaped, without elongated central rectrices. <389> [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137050 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Catharacta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137050 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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